Ohio Supreme Court August 30, 1995, No. 95-525 (State ex rel. Peeples v. Anderson)

lead-opinion

Per Curiam.

In his first proposition of law, Peeples contends that federal constitutional rights to due process and prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment require prison officials to provide prisoners with medical tests which are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis of infectious diseases where there is evidence of possible transmission during a prison altercation.