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NAME: Bill Ellenberg DATE: 08/24/2007

ADDRESS: 613 South “B” Street PHONE: 208-983-0218 or 208 507 0743 cell

CITY: Grangeville STATE: Idaho ZIP: 83530

Bill is has been disabled since 1992 (mental & physical) and is now on
probation in Mental Health Court. The judge is denying him his
prescribed pain medication and also commanding him to avoid all Over The
Counter pain medications as well. Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have been on probation since April 2004, and on December 07, 2006
Judge John Bradbury of
Idaho County dropped all pain medications that I have been of for
chronic pain since September 1992 and is telling my doctors not to
prescribe them for me, and is telling all people on probation to refuse
narcotics irregardless the situation.

On September 13th, 1992 I was in a severe Motorcycle accident which
resulted in need for pain medication for acute pain which evolved to
chronic fluctuating pain with the need for medication to control it.
Shortly after release from the hospital in 1992 three doctors signed
affidavits testifying that I was disabled and required Social Security
Disability. This was due to a combination of the accident and my
underlying mental issues of Schritzophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder and Bipolar Syndrome. Within 14 months I was receiving
benefits. The doctor began prescribing Hydocodone twice daily in 1992.
This helped to control my pain allowing me to function in a moderate
capacity. I was also under medical supervision for mental illness, but
was not placed on appropriate medication for the mental illnesses until
May /June, 2004. Until that time I was only being treated for depression
whereas in June 2004 was placed on correct medications for the mental
illnesses of Schritzophrenia, Bipolar Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder.

In April 2004 I was arrested for assault due to threatening my neighbor
(there was no bodily contacet or damage). I was placed on probation,
which I was complaint with until November 2006 when I went off my
medications for mental illness. I ended up in Syringa General Hospital
for treatment due to decreased Level of Conscience and medical
treatment, and thus triggering a mental illness relapse. Due to this
medication error my probation was violated and this resulted in Jail
Time (why wasn’t this treated as the medical problem it was?). I was
incarcerated at Idaho County Jail and then transferred to Boise, and
then to Cottonwood at the NCIC for 3 months. After I was released I was
placed on Mental Health / Drug Court in Idaho County.

Currently Judge Bradbury has been telling all defendants in the Mental
Health / Drug Court of the Second Judicial District that they are to
refuse all narcotics from any doctor regardless of the situation. He has
stated situations such as having dental work, or being involved in a car
wreck would not justify being treated with narcotics. He has stated
openly in court on several occasions that there is no condition that
warrants narcotics to treat it. This Judge oversees Idaho County Court
in Grangeville and Clearwater County Court in Orofino. Therefore, there
are many people in the court system that are potentially being denied
pain relief by Judge Bradbury. There is one other young man that I know
of who historically had been on pain management who has also been denied
his medications by this Judge. Also, one young lady in Drug Court who
had to endure a root canal without any anesthesia (she is still
traumatized by that ordeal.).

I have requested pain medication so the court has told my primary doctor
to get me an MRI. Dr Barbara Morgan and the hospital in Moscow, Idaho
did a MRI in July 2007, but due to court instruction she declined to say
whether there was pressure on nerves or not between two heavily
compacted discs. This procedure only looked at my spine and did not
evaluate the rest of my body, which was severely damaged from the
September 1992 accident. I have repeatedly asked the Judge and he tells
me “you will not have narcotics, it isn’t happening, no way, so just
forget about it.” I have talked to my court appointed attorney and he
says it is up to the Judge, period. Several of my counselors agree that
I need pain management, and one of them says to have her called if I can
get this to court. I asked my PSR worker and she says that the judge has
stated that I can have no pain treatment out of jail, or no pain
treatment in jail if I don’t drop the issue. But I can’t drop it – I
can’t continue to live in pain every day, it’s tearing me down.

At the Court Session on 10/04/2007 Judge John Bradbury also commanded me
to cease from the use of all OTC pain medications as well. This was due
to erroneous results on my urinalysis which have been caused by the
extremely high levels of OTC pain medications that I have been on trying
to cope with the pain. So now I have no help for my pain at all. The
high levels of Tylenol (8,000mg to 12,000mg per day) I have been on are
extremely dangerous. I need proper pain management to perform my daily
activities and to avoid the imminent bodily damage from the OTC
medications if I am forced to continue taking them.

Please help! Sincerely,



Bill Ellenberg

Wow that judge should be cited for crule and inhumane treatment to a prisoner I believe that the judge is or should be arrested himself.
I also hope someday that he has the worst pain on earth that even medication will not help.DF

Mr. Ellenberg I would move from that state as fast as I could. Research on the internet a state that has a pain management facility. Then I would bring all my medical documents and court minutes. Explain up front what you have been made to endure. Isn't there an attorney that could site this judge for cruel and unsual punishment? Isn't there an attorney that could have that judge sued? MOVE! Then if you cannot get the help you desperately need get on the ultrawebmeds.com website and tell Ben what's going on. I pray to God you get the help you need. What you are going thru no man should have to endure! Please keep us informed and if there are any attorneys out there think about taking on this case. Write your congressman, write your senator, even call the drug companies that make these pain medications and see what they can do. Hell call Montel Williams and or Oprah. This is totally upsetting the way you have been treated. Call the mental health society, please for God's sake call, call, call and read, investigate. Knowledge is power. Good luck to you sir.

this judge should spend a day in our bodies and learn the incapacitating pain we are forced to deal with. he should be reported and removed. he sounds like he has a god complex and has no humane right to treat you this way. i am so sorry and pray for you to get the help you need. maybe your doc can find a way to correct this. i do not know any judge with an m.d. behind his name. he is putting people in an extremely dangerous situation. sounds like he needs to grow a conscience. blessed be!!!!

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Originally posted by dragonfly:
Wow that judge should be cited for crule and inhumane treatment to a prisoner I believe that the judge is or should be arrested himself.
I also hope someday that he has the worst pain on earth that even medication will not help.DF

I agree.

This is sad. Another story on controlling an individuals right to pain management. I really fear this is only going to get worse...Thanks for sharing this persons story Kat.

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are laws in idaho different than say tx, where i live? i asked my atty(for ss disability) and he said in tx. the treating dr. has the last word not the judge. he said most judges,prison drs., etc. comply with this mainly not out of compassion or medical need but to cover their bu-- legally. he said long ago the suicide rate in jail or prison was obscene because inmates could not receive their required meds, not only pain but psyche meds and they changed the rules for their sake, of course, i believe he said the board of jails and prisons and the aclu "came" to a meeting of the minds. is this possible in idaho? sounds like a really savvy lawyer is needed! blessed be!