AN inmate who sued the Department of Corrections for failing to provide him dental care was offered to have his teeth fixed if he drops the lawsuit but he rejected the deal.
Charles Weatherby, an inmate who filed a federal suit against the department, filed a declaration in the court last week documenting a conversation with one of the defendants in his suit, Joseph Afaisen, the administrator of diagnostic and treatment services at DOC.
In his letter, Weatherby stated that Afaisen approached him about his lawsuit and questioned him to sign a piece of paper saying Weatherby would drop the lawsuit if DOC got him the dental care he needed.
Weatheby stated in his declaration that Afaisen called a meeting with him, and started talking about problems DOC is having like lack of funds to pay bills and shortages of manpower.
œI then questioned defendant Afaisen waht he was alluding to and he told me he had a document that would guarantee that my teeth would be fixed and he, defendant Afaisen would be willing to sign it if I would drop my lawsuit, stated Weatherby.
Weatherby is one of four inmates who in the last several months have filed federal suits against DOC.
In his suit filed in August, he alleges that DOC failed to provide him with dentures and treatment for gallstones.
All four are appearing in court without any legal representation and none of the plaintiffs are seeking money hurts.
They are asking the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to compel DOC to provide them with proper medical care.
Weatherby said that after his partial bridge was lost during his arrest, his dental problems worsened, resulting in the removal of a substantial part of his remaining teeth.
Weatherby said that at his last appointment at Ordot Dental Clinic in the spring of 2006, the dentist removed several teeth and informed him that the next step would be a teeth-cleaning in preparation for dentures.
This was the last appointment the department provided, said Weatherby.
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