Leshaun Benjamin v. Alicia Sanchez

Milwaukee, Wisconsin personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a civil rights violation theory.



Plaintiff Leshaun Benjamin, who is represented by counsel, is proceeding under 42 U.S.C. §1983 on an Eighth Amendment

claim against a nurse at the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex (MMHC).



The plaintiff alleges that on September 8—he doesn't say which year—Milwaukee Police Department officers escorted him to the Milwaukee Mental Health Complex. Dkt. No 18 at 2. There, the plaintiff says he spoke with a Nurse Alicia Sanchez. He states that he attempted to explain to Nurse Sanchez what had happened to him while he was at St. Francis Hospital and how his medications had been misplaced. I He asserts that Nurse Sanchez began to doubt him, telling him that he was lying after laughing at him. Id. The plaintiff says that this caused him to become very upset and defensive.



The plaintiff said that after his conversation with Nurse Sanchez, he walked to the television area where he watched television for about forty minutes. He stated that "out of the blue," Nurse Sanchez and security came and "escorted [him] to the restraint bed where [he] was then stuck with a needle." Id. He stated he "told 'Sanchez' that she [could not] force medication upon [him] against [his] will which is a violation of [his] constitutional rights."



The plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages.



The defendant moved for summary judgment.

Motion granted. The Court found that the Defendant was entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law.