TAYLOR v. McDONALD

No. 18-11572.

978 F.3d 209 (2020)

Trent TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael McDONALD, Psychiatrist/P.A., Individually and in their official capacity; Shawn Vallance, Sergeant of Corrections Officer, Individually and in their official capacity; Opal Mankins, R.N., Individually and in their official capacity; Janis Woodall, L.C.S.W., Individually and in their official capacity; Kim Davis, L.V.N., Individually and in their official capacity; Sean O'Donnel, P.H.D., Individually and in their official capacity; Ms. Marilyn Noble, P.A., Individually and in their official capacity; Priya Kandheria, M.D., Individually and in their official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trent Taylor, Kenedy, TX, Pro Se.

Christopher Lee Lindsey , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Michael McDonald, Psychiatrist/P.A., Individually and in their official capacity, Opal Mankins, R.N., Individually and in their official capacity, Janis Woodall, L.C.S.W., Individually and in their official capacity, Kim Davis, L.V.N., Individually and in their official capacity, Sean O'Donnel, P.H.D., Individually and in their official capacity, Ms. Marilyn Noble, P.A., Individually and in their official capacity, Priya Kandheria, M.D., Individually and in their official capacity.

Kelsey Warren , Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Shawn Vallance, Sergeant of Corrections Officer, Individually and in their official capacity.

Before Smith, Clement, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Trent Taylor, a federal prisoner, initially consented to be transferred to the psychiatric unit at the John T. Montford Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice ("TDCJ") medical facility. But he was not transferred back to his normal housing for two months after withdrawing consent, with no intervening involuntary...

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