A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED ON BEHALF OF A TENNESSEE WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY DENIED HIS MEDICATION AND LEFT UNTREATED IN A FILTHY CELL IN SIERRA COUNTY. FIFTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD MICHAEL FAZIANI, WHO SUFFERS FROM BI-POLAR DISORDER, WAS INCARCERATED AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR A MINOR ACCIDENT.
THE LAWSUIT SAYS FAZIANI WAS PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT SO STAFF WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIS ILLNESS. IT SAYS HE WAS LEFT UNTREATED IN THE CELL, WHICH WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME SO FILTHY THAT ANOTHER INMATE WAS TOLD TO CLEAN IT. COURT PAPERS SAY JAIL GUARDS IGNORED FAZIANI'S REQUEST FOR A SHOWER, AND THAT HE LOST 22 POUNDS IN 18 DAYS.
