No. 18-5733

Steven Pinder v. Alva Green McDowell, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery due-process medical-records patient-privacy patient-privilege privilege standing
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'propagated authorization' for release of medical records put forth by the defendants is in fact constitutional?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : Ques HONS PResenten Lr Ts rite APPELLATE CoueT ORDER AFFIRMING THE LOWER COURTS DISMISSAL OF PETITIONERS ComPLAINT ConTRA2Y TS AND AN UNRERSOVARLE APPLICATION OF CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LAW, IN THAT THE LoweR CouRT DRDERED PETITIONER To SIGN A “PROPAGATED AUTHORIZATION FOQ RELEASE OF ALL OF PETITIONERS MEDICAL RECORDS FOR FRom BIRTH To DATE, PUT Fort! BY THE DEFENDANTS, WHICH Was A WAVER OF PRoOTECMON oF PeTITMNERS PSYCOTHERAPIST ~ PATIENT PRWiLEGeED MEDICAL Records ANDO INCLUDES A WAWEeR To REcoens Protection! Which ARE Nor RELEVANT To oR PERTINENT To THE COMPLAINT Berore THE LoweR Court, A WAWER OF NON PISCOVER ABLE MEDICAL RETORDS. THE APPELLATE COURT AND LoWER COURT DISMISSED AND AFR AMED STATING THe REFUSAL TO SIGN DENIED THE DerENndDANS Discovery? r \WHeTHeR THE “PRoPAGATED AurHoRIzATION: Poe RELEASE oF MEDICAL ReCogns PUT FoRTH BY THE DEFENDANTS 1S IN ACT CONSTITUTIONAL? (®') List _o€ PARTIES AN\ gastres do nat appear tn she exption of the case on the cover Pagee A Nish of all partes to the proceeding in *his Court whose judgment rs the Sulgject of thts petitron ts as Follows’ : STNEM PINDER, PETITIONER Alva Green Me Dowell, [Lealth Serueces Adminis trato ¢ & \leitha Dodson, Director of Nursing’, De, Sonya PeppersDavis, Doctor; Jacque Vine Carswell , Aritansas Practice Nurse; Leuventa Basten, Nusse 5 Kenyatta \Nornes, Nurse § Tames Nami Ion | Nurse Jorge Dominicis , Chick Execubwre offter, CLS, 02, ') Corres Care Solutions, LLC 5 Dr, Robert Floss, Regional Directors William Straughn , Warden * . Rory Grifter , Asst. Director Health Seturces, ADC. 5 pack Meor Coc rectonal Phra macy Services , etal. 5 . (e-1)

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Steven Pinder
Steven Pinder — Petitioner