No. 19-8084

Christopher Young v. Rehka Halligan

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment standing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-continuous-ineffective-treatment-violates-8th-amendment

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : 1. Whether continuous persistence in a course of treatment known:'to be : ineffective through a petitioner's complaints, while knowing or should've known there exists other treatments/surgery & procedurés to explore that improves a petitioner's condition violate the Eighth Amendment? ; ' 2, Whether a petitioner's Eighth Amendment claim fails simply. because he/she , received some treatment/some level of medical care regardless of the fact , that it was ineffective? a , 3. Whether seeking effective treatment/care by informing medical ~ professionals, as is required, that current and prior treatment/care was , ' ineffective, necessarily or absolutely constitute a disagreement and/or , preference for a particular course of treatment? ‘ . oe

Docket Entries

2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Christopher Young
Christopher Young — Petitioner
Christopher Young — Petitioner