Peter Gakuba v. Larry Henderson, et al.
Gakuba exhausted all his available administrative remedies when grieving Vienna prison staffers' deliberate ignorance to Gakuba's seafood allergy, and religious kosher meal requirements—as they intentionally sought to starve him to death. See Williams v. Wexford Health Sources, 957 F.3d 828 (7th Cir. 2020). A Pavey hearing was required at a minimum. Equitable relief was mandated as starvation constitutes torture. Gakuba, 21-1473.
First, Eighth, and 14th Amendments violations.
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires prison officials to accommodate a prisoner's serious medical needs, including a life-threatening food allergy, and whether the failure to do so constitutes deliberate indifference and cruel and unusual punishment