No. 19-701

Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process immunity institutional-care medical-care medical-negligence mental-health professional-judgment qualified-immunity standing youngberg
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'professional judgment standard' articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to 'whether the worst doctor in America would say ok'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This petition poses two questions: first, whether the “professional judgment standard” this court articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to “whether the worst doctor in America would say ok”?; second, whether state defendants can be immune from suit for civil rights violations when the plaintiff knows a state defendant violated his civil rights, but not which one amongst several implicated by the evidence? Both questions split the Circuits. Both questions involve issues of nationwide scope and exceptional importance to one of the most vulnerable populations in the country — the state institutionalized mentally ill. 1. Is the “professional judgment” standard articulated by this Court in Youngberg v. Romeo governing medical care of the institutionalized mentally ill indistinguishable from the deliberate indifference standard governing medical care of convicted criminals to such a degree that even gross negligence or criminal recklessness is consistent with the exercise of “professional judgment”? 2. When evidence points to several possible different suspects for civil rights violations, does the fact of several different suspects preclude a plaintiff from asking the jury to determine which one is responsible?

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-18
Reply of petitioner Lloyd Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-03
Brief of respondents Thomas Harding, David Machery, Remedios Azcueta, Tony Thrasher and Ade George in opposition filed.
2019-12-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020.
2019-12-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2020 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Lloyd Johnson
Robert Edward BarnesBarnes law, Petitioner
Robert Edward BarnesBarnes law, Petitioner
Thomas Harding, David Machery, Remedios Azcueta, Tony Thrasher, and Ade George
Timothy Hilboldt PosnanskiHusch Blackwell LLP, Respondent
Timothy Hilboldt PosnanskiHusch Blackwell LLP, Respondent