prison-healthcare
9 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6005 | Sean D. Jones v. Kelly Strong, Warden, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2025-10-31 | Denied | IFP | inmate-rights medical-indifference negligence prison-healthcare standard-of-care treatment-delay | (1) Did the failure by NP Tenorio ,failure to assure that the pl aintiff , Jones ,was seen by a specialist ,when the medication of which Tenorio had … |
| 23A785 | Jeryme Morgan v. DeAnna Brookhart | Seventh Circuit | 2024-02-27 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-rights medical-access medical-treatment prison-healthcare prisoner-rights spinal-condition | Whether a prisoner's constitutional rights are violated when denied timely access to medical treatment and surgical consultation for a serious spinal … | |
| 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… |
| 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? |
| 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 … |
| 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… |
| 19-8166 | 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… |
| 19-7565 | 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 … |
| 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… |