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Nevada to pay $939K to prisoner who waited years for back treatment

Charles Morris filed a federal lawsuit in 2018 accusing several state prison medical officials of “callous disregard for my personal health and wellbeing” after he was repeatedly denied back surgery that a doctor had deemed necessary.

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