No. 25-6005

Sean D. Jones v. Kelly Strong, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: inmate-rights medical-indifference negligence prison-healthcare standard-of-care treatment-delay
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the failure to provide timely specialist treatment and deviation from prescribed medical orders constitutes deliberate medical indifference in a prison healthcare setting

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

(1) Did the failure by NP Tenorio ,failure to assure that the pl aintiff , Jones ,was seen by a specialist ,when the medication of which Tenorio had prescribed did not work,but,only worsen the condiction?Did the contineous overt act to still keep Jones o on the medication for months constitute ,reckless indifference intentional reckless negligance ,deliberate indifference to ah serious medical condiction and need?Did the delay ,violate the medical profession"standard of care"? (2) Because plaintiff had now been referred to a specialist by, Dr. Fraust,at the Huntsville Unit,for what the doctor at the Huntsville Unit,knew was a serious medical problem.Then becar use,Fraust had left the unit and,NP Domonic was now the laed med ical,NP at the unit and because she had received all of the medical records pertaining to plaintiff ’s serious medical cos ndiction ,tranferred to her by Dr. Paige Hoyer,treating psysician,of the Galveston Hospital ,with specified instructions in the treating and medication requirements.Did Dominies ,intenti ional,failure to follow Dr.Hoyers orders,but instead make her oon recommendations for medication and treatment which caused Jones to suffer unnecessary inflection of paimiand injury,so m much so that he had to be rushed to the hospital in Huntsvill le,county.Did the delay of the right treatment constitute a reckless indifference ,deliberate indifference and medical mal Ipratice? (3) Did the acts,actions ,omissions ,failure to act by APRN Teal in that Tealjacted with negiligence because she also had^ccess to the plaintiffs file,had visited with him on several occassion noting his serious medical ,Jones was sue bjected ,touunnecessary wanton infliction of pain,injury and sufferage ,because APRN Teal failed to act and to perform as a medical professional failed to conduct the regular act of the daily duties and responsibilites "to wit"due to her failure h. causation subjected Jones to still the contineous delay in the prescribed and required treatment and medication ond the odrers by Dr.Paige Hoyer specialist in the field of dermato logy, and skin infectious disease 's.Jones did not get the me dication , intil over two years later due to the omissions by t Huntsville medical staff and subordinate staff. (4) Should warden Kell Strong?also be held lieable ,because she had been made aware of the prisoners neglect and that due to the acts of medical malpratice ,mistreatment of inmates and because Doninic had intentionally deviated away from the doctors order for treatment .Because the warden also had been notified that a inmate had left the unit,Strong knew the situation ,and,had be en,informed through the inmate grivance process,but failed to do anything to remedy the gross and inappropriate acts,actions by the medical staff,failing to assure a properly trained star ff. t

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-08-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 1, 2025)

Attorneys

Sean D. Jones
Sean D. Jones — Petitioner
Sean D. Jones — Petitioner