No. 19-1223

Demetrias Taylor, as Representative of the Estate of Iretha Jean Lilly, Deceased, et al. v. McLennan County, Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process medical-care municipal-liability municipal-policy myocardial-infarction policy pre-trial-detainee procedure section-1983 summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the provision of three EKGs, an aspirin, and a nitroglycerin pill over the course of three hours to a pre-trial detainee (who then died from an otherwise untreated myocardial infarction) constitute sufficient 'medical care' entitling jail nurses, the jail's only doctor, and the municipality to summary judgment in § 1983 cases, particularly where the nurses' refusals to transfer said detainee to a hospital was caused by municipal 'policy' or 'procedure'?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the provision of three EKGs, an aspirin, and a nitroglycerin pill over the course of three hours to a pre-trial detainee (who then died from an otherwise untreated myocardial infarction) constitute sufficient “medical care” entitling jail nurses, the jail’s only doctor, and the municipality to summary judgment in § 1983 cases, particularly where the nurses’ refusals to transfer said detainee to a hospital was caused by municipal “policy” or “procedure”?

Docket Entries

2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent John Wells, M.D. to respond filed.
2020-04-27
Waiver of right of respondent Desera Roberts to respond filed.
2020-04-27
Waiver of right of respondents McLennan County and Kimberly Riendfliesch to respond filed.
2020-04-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Demetrias Taylor, et al.
William Pieratt DemondDemond Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Desera Roberts
James Gregory HudsonHudson & O'Leary LLP, Respondent
John Wells, M.D.
David A. WrightDavis & Wright, Respondent
McLennan County
Thomas Phillip BrandtFanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, PC, Respondent