Brawley v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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1. “Common sense, and the DOC’s own policy, tells us that it is not good practice to shackle women to a hospital bed while they are in labor. * * * There is evidence in the record that Plaintiff endured unnecessary pain due to being chained to her bed.... Dr. Easterling testified that “[t]he ability to move and change positions is integral to a woman trying to cope with pain, and so [Plaintiffs] ability to deal with pain by changing positions is severely impaired.” Dkt. 30-3, at 26. Dr. Easterling testified that it is important for women who are in labor to be able to move around to avoid venocaval occlusion, hypertension, and fetal compromise. Dkt. 30-3, at 26. Defendants offer no evidence to counter this opinion. There is no evidence that she posed a flight risk. The evidence shows that on April 15, 2007, when Officers Glaseo and Joy took her to the hospital, at a minimum, she was a pregnant woman at or near full term, was running a fever, was in pain, and Avas moving slowly. Dkt. 23-3, at 43-45. ... [S]he had a serious medical need and was exposed to an unnecessary risk of harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 789 F. Supp. 2d 895 - Villegas v. METROPOLITAN GOV'T OF DAVIDSON COUNTY