| 25A823 |
Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-01-16 |
Application |
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bivens-remedy due-process eighth-amendment federal-tort-claims-act medical-negligence prisoner-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 24-6624 |
Frederick Stampone v. Brittian Amann, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2025-02-24 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus medical-negligence |
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should review a case involving alleged constitutional rights violations and medical negligence related to cancer treatm… |
| 24-641 |
Gavin de Becker, et al. v. UHS of Delaware, Inc., dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center |
Nevada |
2024-12-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
covered-countermeasure healthcare-immunity medical-liability medical-negligence prep-act treatment-standards |
Does the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 provide immunity to medical providers for acts and omissions not directly related to … |
| 24-6122 |
Frank E. Reid v. Corizon Health Services, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-12-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
bodily-harm civil-rights damages-claim incarceration-conditions medical-negligence prisoner-rights |
Whether a prisoner can seek damages for alleged medical negligence that resulted in partial paralysis during incarceration |
| 23-1267 |
David W. Murphy, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Kathleen J. Murphy v. Medical Oncology Associates, P.S., et al. |
Washington |
2024-06-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-selection medical-negligence patient-relationship patient-treatment standing voir-dire |
Whether the plaintiffs Fourteenth Amendment right to due process was violated by seating a juror whose brother had been successfully treated by, and w… |
| 23-738 |
Leasa Marie Wright v. City of Ponca City, Oklahoma, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-01-09 |
Denied |
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civil-rights civil-rights-violation discovery due-process emergency-medical-care medical-negligence municipal-liability qualified-immunity spinal-cord-injury substantive-due-process |
Is it a violation of substantive due process for state medical personnel to actively and affirmatively inflict injury on a patient? |
| 23-6237 |
Gregory I. Ezeani v. William Anderson, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-prisoner healthcare-denial immigration immigration-detention medical-negligence medical-treatment retaliation |
Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when DHS/ICE unlawfully arrested him, denied him proper medical treatment, and failed to f… |
| 23-142 |
Joe L. Adams v. Royal Park Nursing and Rehabilitation |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-08-16 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction medical-negligence nursing-home-abuse nursing-home-reform-act pressure-ulcers pro-se-litigant standing |
Did the court of Appeal Err in Affirming the District Court Decision regarding Jurisdiction over Nursing-Home-Abuse-Cases |
| 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? |
| 22-5266 |
Elizabeth Downing, as Administrator of the Estate of Linda Berry v. Paul Grossman, et al. |
Iowa |
2022-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process fraudulent-concealment informed-consent kidney-tumor medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-rights statute-of-limitations statute-of-repose |
Whether the care received by the plaintiff constitutes fraudulent concealment |
| 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? |
| 21-7751 |
Timothy Littlejohn v. Dr. Dalton, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights disability due-process glaucoma-treatment judicial-discretion medical-negligence medical-treatment ophthalmology standing |
Whether the district court misapplied the governing legal rules concerning my constitutional right to be treated by ophthalmologists and did so by imp… |
| 21-1353 |
Isabella Nartey v. Franciscan Health Hospital |
Seventh Circuit |
2022-04-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-act disparate-treatment due-process emergency-medical-treatment medical-negligence supplemental-jurisdiction title-vi |
Whether Franciscan hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act |
| 21-7179 |
Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death |
Why did the district court dismiss the appellant's Federal Tort Claims Act complaint alleging wrongful death due to medical negligence? |
| 21-7111 |
David Roy Worthy v. Corizon Medical Group, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-02-14 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights delayed-diagnosis due-process government-liability informed-consent medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-harm patient-rights professional-liability standard-of-care |
Whether a delayed diagnosis of a medical problem that results in a patient's health condition worsening constitutes a cognizable injury under the Four… |
| 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 |
| 21-399 |
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? |
| 21-5213 |
Zachary B. Taylor v. Georgia |
Georgia |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus medical-negligence mental-health veterans-affairs |
Whether the federal court, Harris County, GA Superior Court, lacked evidence to prove Petitioner Zachary Bouvier Taylor knowingly and intentionally gu… |
| 20-6440 |
Benjamin K. Toscano v. Nancy Adam, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression judicial-misconduct legal-fabrication medical-negligence medical-treatment pain-and-suffering procedural-due-process spinal-injury |
Does respondent have the right to submit fabricated documents? |
| 20-6378 |
Brenda L. White v. Wishard Hospital |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-trust equipment-failure medical-malpractice medical-negligence patient-rights patient-safety physical-therapy standard-of-care |
Whether a medical professional can be held liable for injuring a patient and abandoning them |
| 20-6223 |
Brenda L. White v. Tavel |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
duty-of-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence patient-rights professional-accountability professional-liability remedial-damages standard-of-care |
Is it lawful for a medical professional to injure a patient and just walk away? |
| 19-8610 |
Alfredo Masis Sancho v. Ebner Family Trust |
California |
2020-06-05 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure disability-claim legal-damages medical-causation medical-negligence parkinson-disease parkinson's-disease parkinsonism rehabilitation sequel symptoms |
Whether the panel correctly decided that Parkinsonism does not produce Parkinson's disease |
| 19-8587 |
Reginald Young v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-06-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
affidavit-of-merit circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure medical-negligence preemption shady-grove state-law state-substantive-law summary-judgment |
Whether a state law 'affidavit of merit' requirement applies in a federal court medical-negligence case governed by state substantive law |
| 19-6872 |
James Ray Clark v. UNC Hospitals, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights cover-up criminal-act criminal-law due-process healthcare-liability institutional-cover-up medical-malpractice medical-misconduct medical-negligence negligence patient-rights |
Has the surgeon committed a second criminal act by concealing the mistaken incision location and performing a second corrective surgery? |
| 19-701 |
Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-12-03 |
Denied |
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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' |
| 19-5966 |
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 |
| 19-5960 |
Ben W. Bane v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-09-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavits breach-of-duty civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner federal-tort-claims-act judicial-enforcement medical-negligence prisoner-rights procedural-requirements standing state-law state-law-preemption |
Whether a Federal District Court and the Appellant Court can enforce a Local State Law requiring affidavits for a federal prisoner's Federal Tort Clai… |
| 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? |
| 19-5282 |
James Odell Baxter, II v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
ability-to-pay circuit-split civil-rights criminal-restitution due-process federal-tort-claims-act incarceration-damages medical-negligence mental-distress settlement-funds |
Did the D.C. Circuit err in affirming the order requiring payment of Federal Tort Claim settlement funds towards a criminal restitution order, when th… |
| 18-9095 |
Michael Hall v. Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-jurisdiction hospital-status medical-negligence mental-health mental-hygiene-law new-york-state section-1915-review standing |
Clarification of the factual, exact and/or precise status of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center as a 'Private Hospital? |
| 18-840 |
Steven Leon Banks v. Vincent Myron Gore, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process medical-negligence personal-involvement pro-se-plaintiff pro-se-pleadings qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment supervisory-liability |
Whether supervisors can be liable for constitutional violations of subordinates even without direct personal involvement |
| 18-5638 |
Deborah A. Purnell v. St. Mary's Hospital, et al. |
California |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elder-abuse equal-protection freedom-of-information judicial-discrimination life-threatening-conditions medical-negligence reckless-medical-care reporter's-transcript |
Whether statutory elder abuse inherently includes acts of violence and brutalization, reckless medical care that causes life-threatening conditions su… |