| Abstract: | A judge denied summary judgment to a county jail health-care contractor that allegedly refused to provide HIV medications to a pretrial detainee. Prison Health Services Inc., a health service provider at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine, faces a civil suit brought by an HIV-positive detainee. The plaintiff claims the contractor violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying access to his medication. The U. S. District Judge denied an earlier motion for dismissal, allowed the ADA claim to proceed, and rejected a petition for reconsideration after the denial of summary judgment. The arguments and rulings in the case are detailed. |
