No. 20-5572
Michael Aaron Witkin v. Mariana Lotersztain, et al.
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment expert-testimony medical-care prison-conditions summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether expert medical testimony is necessary to survive summary judgment in an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim
Question Presented (from Petition)
questions presented are: -(1) At the summary judgment stage, is the plaintiff's failure to produce expert . medical testimony condemning the care provided fatal to an inadequate medical care deliberate indifference claim? i (2) Do the standards of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 for expert opinon testimony apply at the summary judgment stage to an expert opinion that is unopposed by a conflicting expert opinion? If ii
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-09
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-18
Waiver of right of respondents Mariana Lotersztain, et al. to respond filed.
2020-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 2, 2020)
Attorneys
Mariana Lotersztain, et al.