Price v. Boulos

Summary

The Court affirmed dismissal of Price’s complaint as legally frivolous after initial statutory screening. It held that any deliberate-indifference claim concerning the termination or mismanagement of Price’s pain medication was properly directed against the prison medical provider, not the surgeon, and that the alleged unanswered letters did not plausibly constitute extreme or outrageous conduct. The Court also held that Price could seek medical records through discovery or an unequivocal records request but had no entitlement to a certificate of merit from the surgeon.