Mandy England, in Her Individual Capacity v. Annissa Colson
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Whether a correctional officer violated a constitutional right of an inmate for not requesting further treatment for a injury to the inmate's knee when the correctional officer reasonably relied upon the medical determination of a qualified nurse after a medical examination
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a correctional officer violated a constitutional right of an inmate for not requesting further treatment for a injury to the inmate’s knee when the correctional officer reasonably relied upon the medical determination of a qualified nurse after a medical examination. 2. Whether it was “clearly established” for qualified immunity purposes that a correction officer could not rely upon the medical determination of a qualified nurse based on the relevant precedent and the “particularized facts of this case.”