A Brooklyn federal judge declined to order the city ​Department of ​Correction to give medical tests to 19 Rikers Island inmates who claim they were served rat poison laced meatloaf during a lockdown of their housing unit earlier this month, papers state.

The group alleged that they fell violently ill after ingesting the dish and found suspicious bluish green pellets embedded inside the prison staple. The incident happened on March 3 – just days after the attempted rape of a security guard.

Judge Roslynn Mauskopf tossed their request to have blood and urine tests to see what caused the discomfort. The group claimed that they weren’t given proper medical attention after falling ill.

Mauskopf ruled that the court couldn’t determine if there was any improper action taken because each of the 19 plaintiffs submitted the same paperwork to the court.

“We’re disappointed by the decision and we disagree with it,” the lawyer for the inmates, Joann Squillace, told the Post. “But we are hopeful that the Department of Corrections will do the right thing and test this substance that they concede they are in possession of.”