| 25-952 |
Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-11 |
Pending |
|
bivens-claim constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights pretrial-detention |
Whether a Bivens claim can be brought for deliberate indifference to an inmate's chronic pain at a pretrial detention center under the Fifth and Eight… |
| 25-943 |
Antonio M. Smith v. John Kind, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-09 |
Pending |
|
clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment government-official qualified-immunity |
When a government official acts in an obviously unconstitutional manner, is that sufficient for the violation to be clearly established, or is a viola… |
| 25A856 |
James Daryl West v. Sabrina Schultz, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2026-01-30 |
Application |
|
constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment monell-claim prison-medical-services supervisory-liability |
Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a deliberate indifference claim against supervisory officials or medical service providers in state prisons under… |
| 25-6447 |
Torrence Belcher v. Joshua Wallen, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-12-30 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights physical-injury prison-safety |
Whether a prison official's deliberate indifference to an inmate's safety constitutes a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel … |
| 25-6419 |
Tonnie Nealy v. Donald Sawyer, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2025-12-23 |
Pending |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-commitment constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference institutional-liability prisoner-safety professional-judgment |
QP: Whether the 11th Circuit failed to comply with Farmer v. Brennan in assessing deliberate indifference when defendants knew of a serious risk of ha… |
| 25A712 |
Donald Wayne Read v. Texas |
Texas |
2025-12-17 |
Application |
|
constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's application for emergency relief challenging medical treatment and record-keeping practices constitutes a viable constitut… |
| 25-6374 |
Darin Lee Jones v. Moore, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
deliberate-indifference lieutenant-more log-book prisoner-housing procedural-misconduct signature-verification |
Whether Lieutenant More's signature on housing and segregation log books constitutes evidence of deliberate indifference or procedural misconduct in p… |
| 25A661 |
Oregon, et al. v. Paul Maney, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-04 |
Application |
|
communicable-disease covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prison-conditions qualified-immunity |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits state prison officials from exposing inmates to heightened risks of serious communicable diseases during a pand… |
| 25A618 |
Antonio M. Smith v. John Kind, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-11-25 |
Application |
|
constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment excessive-force prison-conditions qualified-immunity |
Whether the Eighth Amendment precludes qualified immunity for corrections officers who deliberately subject a prisoner to extreme cold conditions with… |
| 25-532 |
Diana Snow, et al. v. Dennis Wiertella, as Father and Administrator of the Estate of Randy Wiertella, Deceased |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-10-31 |
Pending |
|
constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference medical-care prison-liability qualified-immunity subjective-awareness |
Did the Sixth Circuit depart from this Court's decision in Farmer v. Brennan by improperly denying qualified immunity to Petitioners based on insuffic… |
| 25A292 |
Larce Spikes v. Lesley Wheat, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-09-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
constitutional-minimum deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity |
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a substantive inquiry into the adequacy of medical treatment provided to prisoners, or if the mere provision of … |
| 25-211 |
Anthony Bernard Wingfield v. Unknown Garner, CO, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-08-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split deliberate-indifference discrimination federal-rights title-ii |
Whether plaintiffs seeking damages under Title II of the ADA must demonstrate something more than the defendant's deliberate indifference to the plain… |
| 25A127 |
Bill Elder, Sheriff, El Paso County, Colorado, et al. v. Darlene Griffith |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-07-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights deliberate-indifference detainee-care law-enforcement mental-health tenth-circuit |
Whether a law enforcement agency's policies and practices can constitute deliberate indifference in a civil rights claim alleging inadequate mental he… |
| 24-1201 |
Crystal Ayon, Mother of M. R. A., a Minor Child v. Austin Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bus-transportation deliberate-indifference institutional-liability school-safety sexual-assault video-surveillance |
Whether a public school district acts with deliberate indifference by installing bus cameras but not live monitoring them after a prior sexual assault… |
| 24-837 |
Anne Francisco, et al. v. Jason England, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-02-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
corrections-staff deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment mental-health qualified-immunity suicide-watch |
Whether evidence of violations of suicide intervention procedures constitutes deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment for denying prompt me… |
| 24-6017 |
Hanoi Hormachea v. Haridas Bhadja, in His Official Capacity as Chief Medical Officer at Okeechobee Correctional Institution |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-11-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment section-1983 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit improperly dismissed an appeal when the petitioner had exhausted administrative remedies under Florida administrative reg… |
| 24A354 |
Jessie J. Barnes v. Donald Uhler, Superintendent, Upstate Correctional Facility, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-10-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
conditions-of-confinement cruel-and-unusual deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights |
Whether a prison's conditions of confinement and alleged deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs constitute a violation of the Eighth Am… |
| 24-398 |
Jantzen Verastique, et al. v. City of Dallas, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-10-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference governmental-entity legal-precedent pattern-requirement section-1983 |
Whether Leatherman v. Tarrant County precedent applies to deliberate indifference claims under § 1983 and whether pattern of constitutional violations… |
| 24-5636 |
Robert Moco v. J. M. Janik, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference excessive-force law-enforcement medical-care |
Whether law enforcement officers can be held liable for deliberate indifference to a plaintiff's medical needs after using excessive force during an a… |
| 24-5511 |
Jane Doe v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
contract-law deliberate-indifference federal-funding pro-se-representation sexual-harassment title-ix |
Does fraudulent tailoring of sexual assault case outcomes and failure to protect student privacy constitute deliberate indifference under Title IX? |
| 24-5407 |
Darnell Anderson v. Aaron Fuson, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-08-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens-doctrine constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-corrections summary-judgment |
Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the Bivens doctrine in evaluating an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against a federal c… |
| 24-182 |
Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-inmates inmate-rights prison-violence |
Whether federal inmates may bring a cause of action against prison officials for deliberate indifference to inmate-on-inmate violence under the Eighth… |
| 23-1374 |
Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-07-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection jail-intake procedural-guideposts procedure qualified-immunity racial-segregation |
Whether a jail intake officer had a clearly-established constitutional duty to inform others about an inmate's alleged racial animus in underlying cha… |
| 23-7574 |
Marcus Donte Middlebrook v. Kelly M. Wellman, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-05-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process free-exercise judicial-discretion medical-needs rluipa summary-judgment |
Did the US District Court judge abuse its discretion in adopting the magistrate's report and recommendation, granting the defendant's motion for summa… |
| 23-7538 |
Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-05-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-discretion medical-care medical-malpractice qualified-immunity standard-of-care summary-judgment |
Did the Court of Appeals Erred in Affirming Summary Judgment When There Is Evidence of Deliberate Indifference of Dr. Park? |
| 23-7500 |
Jonathan Pendleton v. Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ngri-statute |
Whether and to what extent Virginia's 'not guilty by reason of insanity' (NGRI) statutes are unconstitutional |
| 23A1024 |
Roy Sargeant v. Aracelie Barfield |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-05-17 |
Presumed Complete |
|
bivens-remedy constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-prison inmate-violence |
Whether the Eighth Amendment permits a Bivens damages remedy for deliberate indifference to the risk of inmate-on-inmate violence in federal prisons |
| 23-7495 |
In Re Grace Woodham |
|
2024-05-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law certiorari civil-rights court-procedure deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review legal-petition standing summary-judgment supreme-court |
Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims on summary judgment despite findings of fact indicating the state … |
| 23A1005 |
Eric Cruz v. Officer Cervantez |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-05-10 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cellmate-violence constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether a law enforcement officer's deliberate indifference to an inmate's safety risks constitutes a violation of the inmate's constitutional rights … |
| 23-1204 |
Daniel Kinsinger v. Sherelle Thomas, Administrator of the Estate of Terelle Thomas, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-05-09 |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arrestee-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference due-process law-enforcement medical-care qualified-immunity summary-reversal |
Whether law enforcement officers' decision to transport an arrestee they believed had ingested drugs to a nearby prison with medical staff constituted… |
| 23A951 |
Keyvon Sellers v. Jerry Nelson, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Eddie Lee Nelson, Jr., Deceased, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-04-23 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deliberate-indifference fourteenth-amendment inmate-safety jail-intake qualified-immunity racial-animus |
Whether a jail intake officer can be held liable under the Fourteenth Amendment for deliberate indifference when aware of potential racial animus that… |
| 23-1097 |
J. D. Hartman, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Davie County, North Carolina, et al. v. Charles Willis Short, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Victoria Christine Short |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-09 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention prison-officials |
Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate-indifference must prove the defendant actually-knew of a significant-risk-of-harm or instead must prov… |
| 23A882 |
Daniel Kinsinger v. Sherelle Thomas, as Administrator of the Estate of Terelle Thomas, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-04-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deliberate-indifference drug-toxicity fourteenth-amendment medical-care qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether a law enforcement officer's decision to transport a potentially drug-intoxicated arrestee to a jail medical facility instead of a hospital con… |
| 23A873 |
Jose Luis Garcia v. Kyeong Park |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-04-01 |
Presumed Complete |
|
deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions section-1983 summary-judgment |
Whether a prison official's medical treatment of an inmate's foot condition constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eig… |
| 23-812 |
Arizona, et al. v. Mackenzie Brown |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process educational-institution off-campus-conduct party-presentation-principle student-discipline student-harassment substantial-control title-ix |
Whether a university's authority to discipline students for misconduct taking place off of the university campus constitutes 'substantial control' ove… |
| 23A574 |
Wayne Resper v. Yescare Corp., fka Corizon Health, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-12-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care prisoner-rights pro-se |
Whether a pro se prisoner's civil rights complaint alleging inadequate medical care by prison healthcare providers states a cognizable claim under the… |
| 23-332 |
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District v. Jane Roe |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-29 |
Denied |
|
article-iii-standing civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process peer-harassment school-liability standing summary-judgment title-ix |
Whether and to what extent a Title IX plaintiff must prove that a school's deliberate indifference to known peer harassment caused them to undergo fur… |
| 23-270 |
County of Tulare, California, et al. v. Jose Murguia, Individually and on Behalf of the Estates of Mason and Maddox Murguia, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment private-violence shocks-the-conscience state-action state-created-danger substantive-due-process |
Whether a State's failure to protect an individual who is not in state custody from violence by a private person constitutes a violation of the Due Pr… |
| 23A255 |
Denise Fisher v. Jodi M. Moore, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
clearly-established-law deliberate-indifference fourteenth-amendment qualified-immunity section-1983 state-created-danger-doctrine |
Whether the state-created danger doctrine, unanimously recognized by ten federal circuits, constitutes a clearly established right under the Fourteent… |
| 23-259 |
Lewis County, Kentucky, et al. v. Julie Helphenstine, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of B. D. H., the Minor Son of Christopher Dale Helphenstine |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee prison-officials qualified-immunity separation-of-powers |
Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate-indifference must prove the defendant actually-knew of a significant-risk-of-harm, or instead must pro… |
| 23-260 |
Daniel Erwin v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-18 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process farmer-v-brennan fourteenth-amendment kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-need pretrial-detainee section-1983 |
Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson applies to deliberate-indifference claims by pretrial-detainees |
| 23A247 |
Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
adequate-staffing deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment farmer-v-brennan habeas-corpus-filing-deadline prison-conditions |
Whether prison officials' deliberate indifference to systemic staffing deficiencies that substantially increase the risk of serious harm to inmates vi… |
| 23-210 |
Christina Jordan v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-09-06 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-care objective-standard pretrial-detainee |
Whether the courts should employ the historically accepted two-prong deliberate indifference framework or the 'objective unreasonableness' analysis fo… |
| 23A182 |
Bruce R. Sands, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-28 |
Presumed Complete |
|
circuit-split conditions-of-confinement deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment habeas-corpus section-2241 |
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus jurisdiction extends to allow federal courts to adjudicate an inmate's claims challenging the constitutionality… |
| 23-5441 |
Mika 'ya Ali Shakur v. Sergeant Thompson |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure prison-healthcare serious-medical-need |
Whether the plaintiff's allegation of denial of Eighth Amendment right to serious medical need for COVID-19 vaccine fails to satisfy Fed. R. Civ. P. 8… |
| 23A176 |
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District v. Jane Roe |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
article-iii-standing davis-standard deliberate-indifference school-district-liability student-sexual-harassment title-ix |
Whether a school district may be held liable under Title IX for student-on-student sexual harassment based solely on a school official's alleged indif… |
| 23-165 |
Bob Johnson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Santa Rosa County, Florida v. Jessica N. Rogers, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose F. Escano-Reyes and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Y. C., a Minor |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-08-21 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
42-usc-1983 city-of-los-angeles-v-heller civil-rights constitutional-harm deliberate-indifference jury-finding monell-liability monell-v-new-york-city municipal-liability section-1983 |
Where a jury exonerates jail deputies of all 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims for deliberate indifference to risk of an inmate's suicide, does the jury's findin… |
| 23-110 |
Anisha Ituah, by Her Guardian Angela McKay v. Austin State Hospital, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act deliberate-indifference disparate-treatment due-process intellectual-disability intervention-rights involuntary-commitment notice-requirements prop-207 property-taking rehabilitation-act sexual-assault sexual-assault
23-1109" summary-judgment Whether the State's taking of common HOA lands vio |
Whether an intellectually disabled woman who complained of rape and sexual assault while involuntarily committed to a State Hospital, but was disbelie… |
| 23-5255 |
Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Livingston County, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-08-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment access-to-courts actual-injury civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-neglect monell-claim monell-policy prisoner-rights |
Is this the correct evaluation of the evidence for deliberate indifference and would the Monell policy standard be eroded by the evaluation of this ca… |
| 23A64 |
D'Andre M. Johnson v. United States |
Armed Forces |
2023-07-24 |
Presumed Complete |
|
cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment military-confinement sentence-appropriateness uniform-code-of-military-justice |
Whether military officials may constitutionally subject a service member to confinement conditions that constitute cruel and unusual punishment in vio… |
| 22-1211 |
Uvaldo Guzman v. Skinner C. Sturgis, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
causation causation-element civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process government-officials retaliation retaliation-claim subjective-intent taunts |
Whether government officials' statements of intent to continue violating an individual's constitutional rights can establish subjective intent for del… |
| 22-7366 |
Donald Joshua Smith v. Omoniyi Akintola |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-04-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence toxic-exposure |
Why was Akintola not held medically responsible for examining, diagnosing, and treating plaintiff's medical conditions? |
| 22-7153 |
Tamar Devell Harvey v. Frederick Russell, Assistant Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-harm civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate-safety prison-official prison-officials risk-of-serious-harm substantial-risk |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's claim for failure to state a claim |
| 22-6948 |
Robert E. Spiker v. Robert E. Erskines, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-03-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
cell-phone-data constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference digital-privacy federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence habeas-corpus medical-care prisoner-rights privacy search-and-seizure |
Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable … |
| 22-6384 |
Peter Gakuba v. Larry Henderson, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-12-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-remedies civil-rights constitutional-violations deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment kosher-meal-requirements prisoner-rights |
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires prison officials to accommodate a prisoner's serious medical needs, including a life-threatening food allergy, a… |
| 22-6320 |
Mausean Carter v. Corizon Health, Inc. |
Maryland |
2022-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence burden-of-proof civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment evidence gross-negligence habeas-corpus medical-evidence medical-treatment successive-petition |
Whether the lower courts erred in holding that the petitioner did not meet the burden of establishing the respondents' deliberate indifference in viol… |
| 22-423 |
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, dba Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools v. John Doe, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-11-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actionable-harassment actual-knowledge civil-rights deliberate-indifference peer-harassment peer-on-peer-harassment school-district-liability school-liability title-ix |
In a peer-on-peer harassment Title IX claim, under what circumstances can a school district be liable when a plaintiff relies on the harassment of oth… |
| 22-363 |
Candice Hinton, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rodrin Hinton and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Her Minor Children R. H. and C. H. and Next Friend of I. H. and K. H., et al. v. Harris County, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference farmer-v-brennan governmental-liability medical-policy policymaker section-1983 |
Whether the Court's analysis in a 42 U.S. Code § 1983 Civil action for deprivation of rights policy case should be restricted to a finding of delibera… |
| 22-232 |
Shane Place and Misty Blackwell, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Angel Place v. Joyce Anderson, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-09-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-jurisdiction deliberate-indifference due-process foster-care substantive-due-process summary-judgment |
Did the court of appeals in its de novo review of summary judgment abuse its appellate jurisdiction and deny petitioners due process by refusing to ad… |
| 22-5559 |
Patricio Estrada v. Troy Nehls, Sheriff, Fort Bend County, Texas, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disciplinary-isolation due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection medical-treatment prison-conditions |
Whether Estrada's due process rights were violated by being placed in disciplinary isolation prior to any hearing |
| 22-5297 |
Jean Max Darbouze v. California |
California |
2022-08-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment helling-v-mckinney state-application |
Whether the respondent violated the petitioner's 8th Amendment constitutional rights, as applied to the State of California via the 14th Amendment |
| 22-5121 |
Barbara Marie Frantz v. Kansas, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care qualified-immunity |
Whether Petitioner, Ms. Franz, has stated a claim for Respondents' deprived deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs |
| 21-8156 |
Demetrius Antwon Wilson v. Jeffrey Alvarez, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-treatment prisoner-rights |
Whether prison officials are deliberately indifferent when they delay or intentionally interfere with medical treatment |
| 21-7839 |
Sloan Patrick Stanley v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference deliberative-evidence due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-reconsideration standing untimely-filing |
Did the court commit error when it dismissed my complaint as frivolous? |
| 21-7505 |
Eugene Dyson v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference due-process medical-records medical-treatment prison-conditions serious-medical-needs summary-judgment |
Did the lower court err or abuse its discretion when granting summary judgment or dismissal before discovery was implemented, and based upon medical r… |
| 21-1210 |
Scott County, Tennessee v. Tammy Brawner |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-03-04 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care objective-standard pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention subjective-test |
Whether this Court should apply the subjective test for deliberate indifference set forth in Farmer v. Brennan to claims by pretrial detainees of inad… |
| 21-6997 |
Luke Waine Caines, Jr. v. M. Interian |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
court-of-appeals deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prisoner-rights substantial-injury substantial-risk substantial-risk-of-harm wood-v-housewright |
Whether deliberate indifference should be analyzed under the balancing framework of the substantial risk of harm test announced by this Court rather t… |
| 21-6922 |
Jeffrey Charles Rodd v. Leann LaRiva, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-01-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference discovery district-court due-process eighth-circuit procedural-error standing summary-judgment |
Did the District Court err in dismissing Mr. Rodd's complaint without the benefit of discovery to further support his deliberate indifference claim |
| 21-6878 |
Ronald Cox v. Benjie Nobles, Deputy Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-01-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment prea-regulations prison-rape-elimination-act qualified-immunity transgender transgender-vulnerability |
Should the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act be followed to protect the vulnerability of the transgender Petitioner in determining wheth… |
| 21-968 |
Fairfax County School Board v. Jane Doe |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-01-06 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (4) |
actual-knowledge civil-rights damages deliberate-indifference due-process funding-recipient spending-clause student-harassment title-ix |
Whether a funding recipient may be liable in damages in a private action under Davis when the recipient's response did not itself cause any harassment… |
| 21-6504 |
Edward JoRodge Gladney v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court-review civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment precedent-interpretation prison-conditions prison-safety prisoner-rights sexual-assault |
Did the Circuit Court err by contradicting this Court's precedent in Farmer v. Brennan by ruling Petitioner was obliged to show an individualized risk… |
| 21-6430 |
Michael Cardora Roberson v. Joe Morgan, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process section-1983 serious-medical-needs under-color-of-state-law |
Whether the defendants' deliberate indifference to the plaintiff's serious medical needs violated the plaintiff's rights and constituted cruel and unu… |
| 21-783 |
Patsy K. Cope, et al. v. Leslie W. Cogdill, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13) |
civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-medical-care jail-official pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees qualified-immunity suicide-prevention suicide-risk |
Whether jail officials who are subjectively aware of a substantial risk that a pretrial detainee will attempt suicide and respond to the harm unreason… |
| 21-6206 |
Joel Barcelona v. Sergeant Parish, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-threatening life-without-parole medical-treatment refusal-of-care |
Whether the Respondents, Nurse J.M. Chunnu and Nurse M.M. Kelly, exhibited deliberate indifference to Petitioner's life-threatening medical condition … |
| 21-6093 |
Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karl Hoffmann, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-10-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights medical-treatment summary-judgment wanton-suffering |
Did the District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the legal presidents that 46 days of severe 'unnecessary inflict of wanton pain… |
| 21-6022 |
In Re Robert L. Hedrick |
|
2021-10-21 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts bureau-of-prisons civil-procedure deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment frivolous plausible-claim rule-8 standing |
Did the Court Error in ruling that the complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)? |
| 21-5759 |
Kevin Hall v. Kul Sood, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-treatment prison-healthcare supervisory-power wexford-health-sources |
Did prison medical professionals and the prison's healthcare contractor violate the Eighth Amendment? |
| 21-399 |
Chester Lee Reneau v. Mary Cardinas, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-09-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-negligence prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Can prison doctors violate the Eighth Amendment by exposing prisoner's to the 'unnecessary and wanton' infliction of pain? |
| 21-5594 |
Daniel J. Heffley v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation discriminatory-intent due-process federal-court-obligation rehabilitation-act |
Does the Federal Court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? |
| 21-264 |
San Diego County, California, et al. v. Ana Sandoval, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established-rights deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-care medical-needs pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity |
Whether a pretrial detainee must show subjective awareness of medical needs or only objective unreasonableness |
| 21-5269 |
Toy Terrell Smith v. J. Torres, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process prison-conditions transfer-policy |
Whether a prisoner's transfer to a facility where he previously caused a riot constitutes cruel and unusual punishment |
| 21-71 |
Washington County, Utah v. Martin Crowson |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-07-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-medical-care municipal-liability section-1983 supreme-court-precedents |
Whether a municipal government can be liable under the Eighth Amendment for denial of inmate medical care under § 1983 |
| 21-10 |
Lori Braun v. Brian Burke, Arkansas State Trooper, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-07-07 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process emergency-response high-speed-driving intent-to-harm objective-test police-liability |
Whether a court should apply the intent-to-harm standard of liability to all police high-speed driving |
| 20-8301 |
Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act |
Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? |
| 20-8276 |
Joel Barcelona v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment administrative-refusal civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation due-process healthcare-access medical-needs medical-rights statutory-rights |
Whether the respondents acted with deliberate indifference when they refused to authorize payments for a hearing aid, a medically necessary device to … |
| 20-8162 |
Bralen Lamar Jordan v. C. Rivers, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-05-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissibility circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-malpractice medical-records pharmacy-records procedural-challenge |
What is the legal issue being raised? |
| 20-7830 |
Firas M. Ayoubi v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof canton-analysis civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process likelihood-on-the-merits monell-claim preliminary-injunction seventh-circuit supreme-court-precedent |
Did the Seventh Circuit's decision put an unreasonable requirement and heightened burden of proof in establishing likelihood on the merits at the prel… |
| 20-1402 |
Stephen Hammonds v. Robert Theakston, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-04-07 |
Denied |
|
11th-circuit 8th-amendment appellate-precedent civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care qualified-immunity section-1983 |
When the unconstitutionality of an officials' conduct is reasonably obvious, does that suffice to render the violation of those constitutional rights … |
| 20-1276 |
Stephen B. McKinney v. Felicia Harkness Dean, Guardian and Conservator for and on Behalf of Janel Harkness, an Incapacitated Adult |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-03-15 |
Denied |
|
circuit-court-of-appeals clearly-established-law deliberate-indifference due-process intent-to-harm parratt-hudson parratt-hudson-doctrine qualified-immunity substantive-due-process |
Did the Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to apply the Parratt-Hudson doctrine to the Respondent's substantive due process claim? |
| 20-7368 |
Antonio Dewayne Hooks v. Kayodi Atoki, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-03-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force failure-to-protect fourteenth-amendment medical-needs objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee |
Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson's objective-reasonableness standard applies to pretrial detainees' deliberate-indifference claims |
| 20-7157 |
David Smith-Garcia v. Paula Burke |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-02-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment bivens civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need prison-healthcare probation |
Does an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need against a U.S. Probation officer present a valid Bivens claim in … |
| 20-7011 |
Hemmingway Mukora Saisi v. Carolyn Murray, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-02-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection protection-claim self-defense stare-decisis state-criminal-procedure state-officials |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection were violated by the heightened pleading standard applied to his se… |
| 20-951 |
Mary Stewart, as Administrator of the Estate of Luke O. Stewart, Sr., Deceased v. City of Euclid, Ohio, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference fourth-amendment municipal-liability qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Where a municipal employee has violated the Constitution, must a plaintiff point to 'clearly established law' (such as would overcome a defense of qua… |
| 20-6872 |
Scott Hildreth v. Kim Butler, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment grievance-process medical-neglect medical-treatment medication-refill policy prisoner-rights |
Is it right that the defendant Wexford health service, (Menard CC ) have returned to their same old song and dance and have been not properly or timel… |
| 20-941 |
Gregory Atkins, et al. v. Kenneth Williams, Medical Director, Tennessee Department of Correction |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-01-13 |
Denied |
|
8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief lack-of-funds official-capacity prison-conditions subjective-component |
Does the unavailability of funds or other resources negate the subjective component of a deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment? |
| 20-839 |
Kenneth Greenway v. Southern Health Partners, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-22 |
Denied |
|
credibility-of-statements deliberate-indifference fourteenth-amendment inmate-rights jail-officials medical-needs serious-medical-needs summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton |
Should the Eleventh Circuit's reinvention of the Fourteenth Amendment standard for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs be permitted? |
| 20-811 |
Kathy Contreras, on Behalf of Her Minor Child A. L. v. Dona Ana County Board of County Commissioners, dba Dona Ana County Detention Center, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process monell-claim monell-claims qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether the law was clearly established |
| 20-785 |
Eboni Nicole Baldwin v. Latoisha Dorsey |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-care medical-care-delay pre-gerstein-arrestee state-actor-liability |
How many hours of delayed mental health care is reasonable before a state actor can be held liable for deliberately indifferent or objectively unreaso… |
| 20-6534 |
Deverick Scott v. Rory Griffin, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment grievances inmate-rights medical-malpractice medical-treatment policy |
Is A.D.C.'s Correct Care Solutions Medical policy unconstitutional when it denies Scott's tooth restoration? |
| 20-6528 |
Ecclesiastical Denzel Washington v. Benjamin Brooke, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment failure-to-protect prison-conditions prison-safety summary-judgment |
Whether the district court improperly decided factual issues in granting summary judgment |
| 20-6499 |
Robert T. Sigler v. Jimmy Thornton, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-12-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights class-action constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference detainee-rights detention-conditions due-process equal-protection medical-care prison-conditions |
Whether the county government was deliberately indifferent towards the detainee class by providing inadequate sleeping conditions, limited recreation … |
| 20-6026 |
Kenneth H. Newkirk v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-matter civil-rights court-of-appeals deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review legal-proceeding medical-care pattern-of-misconduct physical-injury standing |
Whether the petitioner should be subjected to deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eighth Amendment, even though the petitioner … |
| 20-6014 |
Jasper Lee Vick v. Clement F. Bernard, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-violation deliberate-indifference due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation medical-segregation prisoner-grievance retaliation summary-judgment |
Whether there is a temporal proximity between Petitioner's protected conduct and the Sixth Amendment retaliation act of placement in medical segregati… |
| 20-5783 |
Chia Jean Lee v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review chapman-v-california circuit-split constitutional-standard criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit should apply the Chapman beyond a reasonable doubt standard rather than the substantial evidence standard to consider the ha… |
| 20-320 |
Jane Doe, et vir, Individually and as the Natural Parents and Next of Kin of Minor Doe v. Jackson Local School District Board of Education, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-09-10 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference deshaney-exception due-process state-created-danger supreme-court-review |
Whether DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. created the exception of the State Created Danger Test? |
| 20-5572 |
Michael Aaron Witkin v. Mariana Lotersztain, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment expert-testimony medical-care prison-conditions summary-judgment |
Whether expert medical testimony is necessary to survive summary judgment in an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim |
| 20-10 |
Emily Kollaritsch, et al. v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-liability title-ix |
Whether Davis's 'vulnerability' prong requires plaintiffs to prove additional, post-notice sexual harassment to state a claim for damages under Title … |
| 19-8721 |
Vincent A. Argentino v. Ruanne Stamps, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble legal-precedent medical-evidence prisoner-rights summary-record |
Whether the Precedent of Placing Nesifyire, medical evidence in the Summary Record 5 Showing Oo * aeke' mental ef Peck' Places an Unrealis-hic exfecta… |
| 19-1350 |
Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-06-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate personal-characteristics prison prisoner-rights risk-of-harm summary-judgment |
Under Farmer v. Brennan, is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of … |
| 19-8460 |
Nexis Rene Gomez v. D. Braun, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prison-conditions prisoner-treatment summary-judgment |
Did the Court of Appeals Erred In Affirming Summary Judgment In Respondents' Favor When There is Evidence in Petitioner's Medical Record Demonstrating… |
| 19-1280 |
Idaho Department of Correction, et al. v. Adree Edmo, aka Mason Edmo |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
advocacy-organization-guidelines circuit-split constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble gender-dysphoria inmate-medical-care medical-care prison-healthcare |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in concluding that the guidelines set by an advocacy organization constitute the constitutional minima for inmate medi… |
| 19-8447 |
Jeanette D. Davis v. Renee Thomas, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-05-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection excessive-force grievance-interference grievance-process |
Were us cha 1.Defendant Officer Renee Thomas inflicted crule an unusal punishment |
| 19-8348 |
Roland I. Kehano, Sr. v. Scott Harrington, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care prisoner-rights |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process prohibit prison off… |
| 19-8166 |
Anthony Williams v. Muhammad Naji, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-04-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process health-care hepatitis-c imminent-danger medical-neglect prison prison-healthcare standing |
Did the court of appeals decision conflict with decisions made by the U.S. district court regarding imminent danger and does hepatitis-C create immine… |
| 19-8084 |
Christopher Young v. Rehka Halligan |
Third Circuit |
2020-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment standing |
whether-continuous-ineffective-treatment-violates-8th-amendment |
| 19-1138 |
DeWayne D. Knight v. Thomas Grossman, Jr. |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
|
balancing-test circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment informed-consent medical-treatment prisoner-rights |
Whether a claim for violation of a prisoner-patient's Fourteenth Amendment right to informed consent requires a showing of deliberate indifference and… |
| 19-7860 |
Robert Rowles v. GEO Group, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment circuit-court civil-rights cost-cutting deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate inmate-rights judicial-discretion medical-treatment prison standing |
Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal abuse its discretion in denying relief on the lack of medical diagnosis and treatment |
| 19-7807 |
Christopher Young v. Jose Boggio, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-02-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment ineffective-treatment intentional-mistreatment medical-care medical-need prisoner-rights serious-medical-need treatment |
Whether the contention that an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical need claim fails simply because the Plaintiff received some… |
| 19-1014 |
Teresa Berry v. Delaware County Sheriff's Office |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-rights deliberate-indifference detainee-rights due-process jail-conditions medical-care medical-policy medical-training municipal-liability policy training withdrawal |
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court erred in finding the municipality not liable under 42 USC §1983 |
| 19-7565 |
Tyree Wright v. S. Alvarez, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-02-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference diagnostic-imaging due-process eighth-amendment inmate-rights medical-care medical-records prison-healthcare qualified-immunity |
When an inmate notifies medical of his prior head injury/medical history & asks them to retrieve his medical records, is that adequate to his medical … |
| 19-7464 |
Derrick Dewayne Davis v. Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights correctional-facility deliberate-indifference due-process medical-neglect medical-treatment standing writ-of-habeas-corpus |
Whether the 5th Circuit and the United States District Court violated plaintiff's constitutional rights by denying plaintiff's writ without reviewing … |
| 19-7401 |
Dumisai H. Hockaday v. Helene Christner, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-regulations civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference double-jeopardy due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-process medical-care prison-conditions standing summary-judgment |
Whether the underlying activity of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is ethical or not |
| 19-7252 |
Clarence Joseph Jason v. Robert Tanner, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force inmate-safety prison-conditions qualified-immunity |
Whether a prison's 'control policy' that allows inmates to attack other inmates violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punis… |
| 19-7214 |
Gregory Brown v. Ellen Mace-Liebson, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment intra-circuit-conflict medical-care medical-treatment pro-se summary-judgment |
Whether the sitting panel for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's entry of summary judgment on petitioner's pro… |
| 19-7036 |
Jeremy L. Dale v. Anthony Agresta, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims habeas-corpus medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated by the defendants' alleged deliberate indifference to the plai… |
| 19-6812 |
Steven Kurt Baughman v. Michael Seale, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment brain-damage burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-claims deliberate-indifference due-process hyperglycemia insulin medical-treatment prisoner-rights retaliation serious-medical-needs |
Whether injecting a prisoner with insulin without knowing his immediate blood sugar level constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs |
| 19-701 |
Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process immunity institutional-care medical-care medical-negligence mental-health professional-judgment qualified-immunity standing youngberg |
Whether the 'professional judgment standard' articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to 'whether the worst doctor in America would say ok' |
| 19-6329 |
Jackie Lee Boyd v. Carol Monroe, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-treatment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-care prison-conditions |
Is a constitutional right to be free of the wanton infliction of sei pain rendered void upon incarceration? |
| 19-509 |
Jane Doe v. Dardanelle School District |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights damages-liability deliberate-indifference due-process educational-discrimination educational-opportunities federal-funding sexual-harassment student-harassment student-on-student-harassment title-ix |
Whether a recipient of federal funding may be held liable where it takes any action in response to complaints of sexual harassment |
| 19-5966 |
Delbert Heard v. Andrew Tilden, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process electronic-evidence medical-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence ostrich-defense prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity surgical-delay |
Whether prison doctor can evade culpability for 8th Amendment violation for delay of prisoner's hernia surgery |
| 19-5649 |
Terry Lee O'Brien v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-negligence national-uniformity obstruction-of-justice prison-conditions standing statutory-interpretation |
What degree of interpretation of a constitution, statute, or authority of law is a question of law where there is a crisis case? |
| 19-5558 |
Frank Stephon Johnson v. Correct Care Solutions, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-conditions punishment |
Whether the defendants' deliberate indifference to the petitioner's serious medical needs violated the Eighth Amendment |
| 19-5560 |
Cecil McDonald Davis v. United States, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment bivens bivens-action bivens-claim certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-claim |
Whether the District Court in denying the Petitioner's medical claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 38… |
| 19-5508 |
Carlin U. Powell v. Medical Department Cuyahoga County Correctional Center, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment ableism ambleism cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment interstate-agreement-on-detainers medical-neglect |
Did the Medical Department of Cuyahoga County Correctional Center et al. violate Carlin U. Powell's 8th and 14th Amendment rights by acting with delib… |
| 18-1586 |
Scott Lynn Gibson, aka Vanessa Lynn v. Brian Collier, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment individualized-medical-evaluation life-threatening-medical-need life-threatening-need medical-treatment new-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights transgender-rights universal-medical-acceptance |
Whether an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a prisoner's life-threatening medical need can be disposed of without any individuali… |
| 18-9647 |
George Edward Tustin, Jr. v. Brad Livingston, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-13 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process judicial-review medical-treatment prison prison-conditions |
Whether the district court erred in determining that the delay in treatment was not caused by deliberate indifference |
| 18-9508 |
Floyd Dewaine Scott v. I. Jimenez |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
8th-amendment appeals civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process internal-bleeding medical-care medical-indifference ninth-circuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment triable-issues |
Deliberate-indifference-to-medical-needs |
| 18-1463 |
Melissa Maher v. Iowa State University |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process harassment post-traumatic-stress retaliation sexual-assault student-housing title-ix |
Does discrimination making a student vulnerable to harassment after a sexual assault create a cause of action for deliberate indifference by the insti… |
| 18-9286 |
Prentis Rupert v. Keith Bowers, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-05-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights class-action deliberate-indifference due-process hepatitis-c medical-care prison-conditions settlement-agreement standing summary-judgment |
Whether the petitioner's claims of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs should proceed without summary judgment |
| 18-9140 |
Michael Ray Ingram v. Frank Clements, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment injunctive-relief qualified-immunity standing supervisory-liability |
Whether dismissal of claims for injunctive relief requiring state officials to obey the Eighth Amendment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 was error? |
| 18-8965 |
Olusola Olla v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-04-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-knowledge criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference federal-courts investigative-standard jury-instructions mens-rea prosecutorial-evidence statutory-interpretation willful-blindness |
Whether, in a criminal case where a statute requires proof of knowledge, the government may establish the requisite knowledge with evidence of a failu… |
| 18-8555 |
Randal Floyd v. Michael Johnson, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees deliberate-indifference due-process fraud indigent indigent-appeal prisoner-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-access-to-cou |
Whether a prisoner as plaintiff still has standing on a deliberate indifference claim when the defendant by fraud defaults their obligation to forward… |
| 18-1162 |
P. Swaney, et al. v. Hector Lopez |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights correctional-officers deliberate-indifference due-process medical-care prisoners-rights qualified-immunity |
Denial of qualified immunity to correctional officers for alleged deliberate indifference to prisoners' medical needs |
| 18-8310 |
Azhar Lal v. B. G. Flores, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages deliberate-indifference due-process medical-treatment prisoner-rights standing |
Whether the prison doctor's deliberate failure to provide insulin treatment for a diabetic inmate's serious medical need amounts to cruel and unusual … |
| 18-8092 |
Azaniah Blankumsee v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-02-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment |
Did the lower court err in granting the defendant's summary judgment? |
| 18-7919 |
Susan Grund v. Julie Murphy, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-need prisoner-rights summary-judgment |
Whether the District Court improperly decided disputed factual issues |
| 18-7648 |
William R. Stevenson v. R. Cordova, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-30 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-violation-obvious-standard constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference directed-verdict-standard due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-deliberate-indifference judicial-bias perjured-testimony prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment summary-judgment-qualified-immunity |
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding the law was not clearly established as to the conduct of Defendants Espinoza and Williams and in conc… |
| 18-645 |
Marcella Winn v. Susan Mellen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Dismissed |
Response Waived |
42-U.S.C-1983 42-usc-1983 bad-faith brady-v-maryland brady-violation circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process police-misconduct qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Do claims against a police officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to disclose material evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) requir… |
| 18-6488 |
Alonzo Dwayne Coleman v. Michael Hakala, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-medical-care deliberate-deception deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment incarceration medical-evidence medical-treatment prison prison-medical-treatment rare-disease |
Whether there is a constitutional standard of medical care for persons with rare massive polycystic liver disease and are the state's (Missouri) priso… |
| 18-6367 |
Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-10-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment |
Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by issuin… |
| 18-476 |
Cowlitz County, Washington, et al. v. Jule Crowell, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-care monell monell-doctrine municipal-liability objective-reasonableness section-1983 serious-medical-needs subjective-intent |
Whether a pretrial detainee alleging Fourteenth Amendment claims of deliberate indifference to serious medical needs must show subjective intent or ob… |
| 18-6294 |
Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Terrebonne Parish Jail Medical Department, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-11 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims medical-conditions medical-treatment prison-conditions standing |
Whether the petitioners allege serious medical conditions |
| 18-5695 |
Robert Wayne Annabel, II v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ada amendment-opportunity civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy deliberate-indifference due-process plra plra-dismissal prisoner-litigation prisoner-rights rehabilitation-act res-judicata retaliation sua-sponte |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's interpretation of the PLRA's dismissal procedures denies a fair and adequate opportunity to object or amend the complaint |
| 18-5652 |
Glen Springer v. Benjamin Dale Caple, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-08-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-needs prison-conditions |
Did Phish Suffer An Eighth Amendment Violation? |
| 18-150 |
Phil Plummer, et al. v. David M. Hopper, Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Andrew Richardson, Sr. |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-right deliberate-indifference detainee-rights due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement medical-intervention qualified-immunity |
Whether the Sixth Circuit defined the constitutional rights in question at too high a level of generality contrary to this Court's teachings on qualif… |
| 18-5430 |
James Davis Bennett, et ux. v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-08-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment constitutional-defense deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment estelle-vs-gamble federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure medical-care prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs summary-judgment |
Whether the Eighth Amendment allows a court to create a constitutional defense to an admitted Eighth Amendment violation requiring a prisoner plaintif… |
| 18-5327 |
Adib Eddie Ramez Makdessi v. Lieutenant Fields, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference deliberate-misconduct due-process evidence-suppression excessive-force federal-courts fourth-circuit judicial-conflict retaliation standing takings witness-tampering |
Whether the Fourth Circuit's conflicting rulings overlooked key evidence and were in conflict with Supreme Court precedent in Farmer v. Brennan |
| 18-5237 |
Sharon K. Bland v. Gellman, Brydges & Schroff, et al. |
New York |
2018-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process equal-protection standing takings workers-compensation |
Is New York State Workers' Compensation Law Constitutional? |
| 24A711 |
In Re Daniel Felix |
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Presumed Complete |
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animal-cruelty deliberate-indifference highway-safety non-property-animals speed-limit wildlife-crossing |
Whether state and federal authorities have a legal duty to prevent animal deaths on highways through reduced speed limits and wildlife crossing design… |