No. 21-8043

William Sims v. Alexis Figueroa

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit factual-disputes medical-care nonmovant-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment
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Latest Conference: 2022-06-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the decision below, which misstates a summary judgment record and resolves factual disputes against a nonmovant, warrant summary reversal?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This Court has exercised its power to summarily vacate a lower court’s decision when that decision “reflect[ed] a clear misapprehension” of the standards governing summary judgment. See Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650, 659-60 (2014) (per curiam). In the case below, Petitioner submitted evidence that, for roughly twenty-one months at Suwannee Correctional Institution, he experienced persistent gastrointestinal bleeding and pain during bowel movements without receiving any meaningful medical care. The district court granted Respondent summary judgment on the basis that Petitioner had received minimally adequate treatment. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed. It stated that Petitioner “was seen by Gastroenterology” shortly after having been transferred to Suwannee, App. 3a, eventually received “treatment that caused the bleeding to subside,” App. 10a—lla, and ultimately “responded well to ‘routine’ care,” App. 14a. The question presented is: Does the decision below, which misstates a summary judgment record and resolves factual disputes against a nonmovant, warrant summary reversal? 1

Docket Entries

2022-06-27
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-06-05
Waiver of right of respondent Alexis Figueroa to respond filed.
2022-05-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 5, 2022)

Attorneys

Alexis Figueroa
Michael James BentleyBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Respondent
Michael James BentleyBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Respondent
William Sims
Erica Joan HashimotoGeorgetown University Law Center, Petitioner
Erica Joan HashimotoGeorgetown University Law Center, Petitioner