No. 19-1350

Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate personal-characteristics prison prisoner-rights risk-of-harm summary-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Under Farmer v. Brennan, is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of harm to a plaintiff based on an inmate's personal characteristics when considered in combination with material facts on the record?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of harm to a plaintiff based on an inmate’s personal characteristics when considered in combination with material facts on the record? 2. Does the Eighth Amendment require a plaintiff to notify prison officials of a specific risk of harm, including the name of an assailant and the specific form of harm?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent Bradley Hooks, et al. to respond filed.
2020-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Bradley Hooks, et al.
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Darius Green
Mario Bernard WilliamsNDH LLC, Petitioner
Mario Bernard WilliamsNDH LLC, Petitioner