Steven Kurt Baughman v. Michael Seale, et al.
FirstAmendment DueProcess
Whether injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing his immediate blood sugar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
QUESTIONS PRESENTED _ 1, Whetehr injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing his immediate bllod sugar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical neads, where such act or anission can cara, brain damage and death; or if not enough insulin is injected it.can result in hyperglycentia; causing long-term complications incluxting kidney disease, heart disease, amputation of iinbs, 2. Whether a prisoner nead only show that protected speech was a " motivating factor " for retaliation, at which point the burden of proof shifts and the defendant must show that the adverse action would have been taken anyway; or whether the minority of circuits are correct in holding that a prison plaintiff must prove that “ but for " the retaliation, the adverse action wuld mi have occurred.|‘The later placing a hightened bubden of proof on the prison plaintiff. } 3, Whether a prisoner has a tight to refuse unmented ed matically unjustified "" treatment," in the foun of commissary restrictions, which prevents the prisoner fron purchasing food or drinks.