In March 2021, Christopher Worrell was arrested and incarcerated in the D.C. Jail on felony charges arising out of his alleged participation in the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest.
Worrell suffers from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and, in May 2021, he broke his hand while in custody. After he was examined by an orthopedic specialist, it was determined that he should have corrective surgery.
In August 2021, his lawyers advised U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth — a Reagan nominee on the D.C. District Court — that, instead of surgery, D.C. Jail officials had limited Worrell’s treatment to Tylenol and similar anti-inflammatory drugs.
