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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 1. Did the Sixth Circuit depart from this Court's decision in Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994) in denying qualified immunity to Petitioners, des…
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 …
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…
24-5636 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…
23A1114 Samuel San Miguel v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-14 Presumed Complete circuit-split civil-commitment due-process medical-care pro-se-litigation standard-of-review Whether the Due Process Clause requires a deliberate indifference or professional judgment standard for medical care claims brought by civilly committ…
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?
23-1204 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…
23-1108 Daril Foose, et al. v. Sherelle Thomas, Administrator of the Estate of Terelle Thomas, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-violation custody drug-toxicity due-process fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement law-enforcement-custody medical-care qualified-immunity Whether the police officers' decision to transport a detainee who they suspected had ingested drugs to a nearby prison where he was evaluated by the p…
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…
23-1046 Peter George Noe v. Berkley, Dr., et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bivens bivens-action civil-rights civil-rights-remedy constitutional-claim due-process federal-agents federal-tort-claims-act judicial-precedent medical-care medical-indifference standing Whether a Bivens claim can be maintained for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
23-6858 Tujuan Estaisyo Session v. FNU Giannotti, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation Whether the Supreme Court should order the federal Bureau of Prisons to investigate and address the petitioner's allegations of assault and threats by…
23-6673 Lillian Akwuba v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure harmless-error intent-element jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-care mens-rea standard-of-care Whether the stringent harmless error language from Neder applies to Ruan-based jury instruction error?
23-6389 Michael Lavern Boyd v. Lay, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process legal-provisions medical-care petition prison supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the denial of access to medical supplies that are necessary to avoid severe pain and suffering violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on …
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…
23-6229 Arnold A. Cary v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-materials medical-care prisoner-rights toxic-exposure toxic-water Did CDOC violate Cary's due-process, equal-protection, 8th-amendment, toxic-water, medical-care, legal-materials
23-6159 Eddie James King v. Doctor Aikens, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment medical-care search-and-seizure standing Whether the plaintiff's deliberate indifference claim is valid
23-587 Mark Jakob, et al. v. Clara Cheeks Eighth Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied civil-rights due-process evading-arrest medical-care police-apprehension qualified-immunity Whether a fleeing suspect has a clearly established right under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause to medical care where there is no eviden…
23-466 L. W., By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Samantha Williams and Brian Williams, et al. v. Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (14) civil-rights due-process equal-protection gender-affirming-care heightened-scrutiny medical-autonomy medical-care parental-rights transgender transgender-rights Whether Tennessee's SB1 violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause
23-5931 Donald Lee Kissner v. Joseph Michael Orr, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony judicial-error medical-care ninth-circuit pretrial-detention qualified-immunity Did the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals commit clear error when it stated that Mr. Kissner did not show deliberate indifference to seriou…
23-290 Marc Grano, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Barron, et al. v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., dba Las Palmas Medical Center New Mexico 2023-09-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts forum-state fundamental-fairness healthcare-system medical-care medical-referral personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether specific personal jurisdiction in a forum state over a nonresident hospital and healthcare system is permissible
23-5520 Tamara Sue Harbec v. North Country Hospital and Health Practices, et al. Second Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process expert-testimony interpreter-access medical-care medical-malpractice medical-rights patient-care Was it constitutional to deny the right of an interpreter because of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss?
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…
22-7752 Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure Whether the petitioner's medical condition and denial of compassionate release violates their constitutional rights
22-7567 Enrique Infante, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion medical-care sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether inadequate medical care for a treatable illness is a categorically insufficient basis to qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason for…
22-7427 Travis Blank v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-costs civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-circuit inmate-rights medical-care special-housing-unit standing Did the Fifth Circuit err in denying plaintiff's appeal for compelling him to pay the bill of costs
22-941 Hatem Saied v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-03-28 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment benefits bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel employer-liability medical-care workers-compensation Should the employer be responsible for fully paying all benefits till the date of the WCJ's decision, even if the worker had recovered earlier?
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 …
22-638 Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-rights doctor-patient-relationship employment medical-care medical-communication title-i title-iii Can the restrictions placed on employees under Title I of the ADA be applied to an individual seeking medical care and treatment under Title III?
22-5544 Jason L. Sanders v. Matt Macauley, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified
22-5253 Dennis Charles Helmer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act medical-care sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines Whether the District Court erred in denying relief to Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion based on the applicability of 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)(2…
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
21-8065 Arthur Glenn Jones, Sr. v. Sam Wong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit atrophy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process informed-consent judicial-discretion medical-care medical-negligence prisoner-rights psychotropic-medication standing Did the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals abuse its discretion?
21-8043 William Sims v. Alexis Figueroa Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit factual-disputes medical-care nonmovant-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment Does the decision below, which misstates a summary judgment record and resolves factual disputes against a nonmovant, warrant summary reversal?
21-7817 Jordan Nathaniel Mitchell v. Dentist, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process incarceration medical-care pro-se Whether the petitioner has the right to receive copies of court filings
21-7781 Jorge Palacios v. Kevin Smith Ninth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-assistance legal-procedure medical-care standing statutory-interpretation takings Why was my testimony denied?
21-7653 Nathan Christopher Braun v. Justin DeMars, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-preparation civil-rights confinement document-access due-process eleventh-circuit legal-access legal-materials medical-care prison-litigation retaliation transfer Did the retaliatory transfer from one facility to another violate the petitioner's due process rights?
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…
21-7232 Lance Reberger v. Michael Koehn, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment prison prison-medical-care prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether the Nevada Department of Corrections officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide adequate medical care to a prisoner during …
21-6531 Billy Mack Nichols, Jr. v. Gary Kerstein, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment equal-protection medical-care medical-negligence summary-judgment Whether the lower courts failed to address the medical needs of the petitioner's central diabetes insipidus
21-655 Max Ray Butler v. S. Porter, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adequate-medical-care bivens bivens-remedy civil-rights constitutional-rights eighth-amendment federal-courts federal-prisoner federal-prisoners medical-care Whether Bivens remedies are categorically unavailable to federal prisoners in any other context
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
21-5412 Alfred E. Caraffa v. California Housing Securities, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the prison's alleged practices of law library access denial, lack of legal assistance, an…
21-48 Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. John Doe 5, et al., By and Through Their Next Friend, Nelson Dolores Lopez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-custody immigrant-detainee injunctive-relief juvenile-detention medical-care professional-judgment standing Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care
20-7997 John Sloan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2021-05-12 Denied IFP access-to-courts administrative-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-care retaliation Whether the petitioner's civil rights were violated when he was denied work opportunities, retaliated against for seeking medical care, and denied due…
20-1562 Faye Strain, as Guardian of Thomas Benjamin Pratt v. Vic Regalado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Amici (5) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jail jail-official medical-care pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees subjective-knowledge Whether a pretrial detainee can prevail against a jail official who disregarded an obvious risk of serious harm or whether the pretrial detainee must …
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 …
20-7435 Steven G. Knickerbocker v. Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process evidence-destruction excessive-force federal-crime judicial-misconduct law-enforcement-misconduct medical-care Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the alleged physical abuse and denial of medical care while in custody
20-7331 Kevin L. Martin v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-care prison-conditions procedural-default Whether the state failed to provide the inmate with the necessary medical care and treatment as required, violating his constitutional rights
20-7204 Shane Faithful v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law federal-sentencing medical-care medical-prescription prescription-drugs sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to a patient for reasons other than medical care has unlawfully 'dispensed' the substance, u…
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 …
20-6723 Akando Ducksworth v. Hal MacMurdo, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-review civil-procedure civil-rights correctional-institute due-process medical-care prisoner-rights standing Whether this Petitioner's case should have proceeded past the dismissal phase based on the merits of his claim
20-834 James A. Widtfeldt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response Waived biological-weapons civil-rights constitutional-rights lyme-disease medical-care medical-malpractice pre-trial-testing stevia Question not identified
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…
20-6499 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 …
20-6010 Cezary Wojcik v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment ada ada-statute civil-rights constitutional-rights disabled-persons disabled-prisoners-rights eighth-amendment estelle-v-gamble fourteenth-amendment medical-care Did cook county defendants violate disabled Cezary Wojcik Constitutional Rights
20-5819 Kyle Damond Jones v. Texas Texas 2020-09-25 Denied IFP checks-and-balances civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-care state-supremacy Whether the State of Texas violated the constitutional rights of a citizen awaiting trial by denying him prescribed ADHD medication, contributing to d…
20-381 Hamilton County Job and Family Services, et al. v. Joseph Siefert, et ux. Sixth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied 42-usc-1983 child-services circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process medical-care qualified-immunity state-action state-actor Did the Sixth Circuit err in its qualified-immunity analysis?
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
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…
19-8348 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…
19-1223 Demetrias Taylor, as Representative of the Estate of Iretha Jean Lilly, Deceased, et al. v. McLennan County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process medical-care municipal-liability municipal-policy myocardial-infarction policy pre-trial-detainee procedure section-1983 summary-judgment Does the provision of three EKGs, an aspirin, and a nitroglycerin pill over the course of three hours to a pre-trial detainee (who then died from an o…
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
19-7807 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 …
19-7401 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
19-7214 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…
19-7143 In Re Steven Darby McDonald 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing Why is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Washington allowed to act as the right arm of the DOC?
19-7140 Antonio Medrano Ortiz v. George T. Solomon, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-force judicial-review medical-care medical-rule standing statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations Where the District Court erred by dismissing my original complaint as time-barred by statutes of limitations
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…
19-701 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'
19-6416 Jurijus Kadamovas v. John F. Caraway, Warden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-discretion administrative-law bureau-of-prisons civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-conditions prison-conditions prisoner-rights standing torture-prevention Whether the Federal Bureau of Prisons can torture an inmate diagnosed with asthma by exposing them to oleoresin capsicum spray, toxic smoke, and tear …
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?
19-6217 Joanne Hall v. Department of Veterans Affairs Fourth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-care negligence post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-dismissal veterans-affairs Whether the Disabled Veteran Petitioner received adequate healthcare at the Veterans Medical Center, including whether treatment, monitoring, and diag…
19-6148 Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside me…
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
19-5558 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
19-5419 Raleigh D. Wiggins v. Eddie Pearson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process medical-care prison standing takings Whether the Department of Corrections violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by failing to provide appropriate medical care and treatment
18-9586 Jovan Watkins v. Robert Green, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-07 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need policy-procedures prison-conditions standing Did the court of appeals err in not reviewing the lower court's decision by finding that the petitioner lacked standing to appeal
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
18-9286 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
18-8990 Raszell Reeder v. E. Wheldon, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compensatory-damages constitutional-claims cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect medical-records medical-treatment mental-health prisoner-healthcare Whether the courts erred in denying the petitioner's claims for compensatory damages for physical and mental trauma caused by the defendants' failure …
18-1328 Stephen Gilmore, et al. v. Neil R. Holland, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied administrative-law agency-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split cms-regulation emergency-medical-treatment emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act hospital-inpatient-care hospital-stabilization medical-care statutory-interpretation Should the regulation issued by CMS, 42 C.F.R. § 489.24(d)(2)(ii), be stricken as contrary to the statutory language, which provides that the obligati…
18-8731 Carlos Noguera v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-force medical-care prison-conditions standing takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was subjected to excessive force and denie…
18-8606 Lester J. Smith v. Greg Dozier, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights continuing-harm continuing-violation-doctrine due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment medical-care medical-standard standing Whether the petitioner's serious medical ailment requires treatment with cure medications in accordance with the professional community standard of me…
18-8326 Dana Gray v. V. Romero, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-access due-process expert-testimony medical-care medical-care-claims medical-expert neutral-expert prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation summary-judgment Whether United States district courts need to reliably appoint neutral medical experts in individual prisoner pro se §42 USC 1983 medical care cases w…
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
18-7403 Keith Lamar Blackwell v. Charlie A. Dooley, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process informed-consent medical-care medical-ethics medical-licensing medical-practice patient-consent pharmacist-duties physician-duties physician-licensing professional-licensing state-regulations In the State of Missouri, can a licensed pharmacist redundantly practice medicine as to a physician's duties of professional judgment and perform phys…
18-7338 Crystal Nicole Jones v. Office of Administrative Hearings, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights discrimination drug-addiction due-process medical-care medical-treatment professional-licensing standing Did the Kansas State Board of Nursing improperly deny a nursing license to the petitioner?
18-7281 Olandio Ray Workman v. John Vandermosten, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-charges indigent-defense legal-mail medical-care prison prison-conditions right-to-counsel standing Did the District Court in Greenville, South Carolina deny me due process when they didn't finish school and let me know yet?
18-7049 Joel Marvin Munt v. Nanette Larson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights dismissal due-process eighth-amendment expert-evaluation jury-trial medical-care mootness prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Was Petitioner unconstitutionally denied his right to have a jury determine the facts of his case?
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…
18-337 County of Orange, California, et al. v. Mary Gordon, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Matthew Shawn Gordon, Deceased Ninth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Amici (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment medical-care objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee qualified-immunity section-1983 standard-of-care Whether a pretrial detainee's 'inadequate medical care' claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 requires a showing of a jail professional's subjective inte…
18-5816 Keith L. Nash v. Richard J. Bishop, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process incarceration jurisdiction medical-care prison standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment requires the government to provide adequate medical care to incarcerated in…
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?
18-5430 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…
18-5326 Mario Howard Lloyd v. Scott Moats, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights counsel counsel-recruitment district-court-discretion due-process eighth-amendment fundamental-error intercircuit-conflict jury-trial medical-care standing summary-judgment Whether the District Court's 'persuasive authority' test order this case to be trial by a jury trial on February 27, 2017, and than less then two mont…