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· 2/9/2009

Akande v. Grounds

Citations

  • 555 F.3d 586
  • 28 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1135
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 2280
  • 2009 WL 291186

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that deliberate indifference would exist where non-medical staff “prevent[ed] the medical unit from delivering needed care”
  • explaining that deliberate indifference would exist where non-medical staff \prevent[ed] the medical unit from delivering needed care\
  • explaining that deliberate indifference would exist where non-medical staff \prevent[ed] the medical unit from delivering needed care\
  • indicating that a plaintiff must “make out a violation of a constitutional right” in order to avoid qualified immunity
  • “A showing of economic harm is a requirement for damages, not a theory for establishing a constitutional deprivation.”
  • “[S]tate law defines [the plaintiff’s] property right as the right not to be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended for more than thirty days without cause.”

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Judges: Flaum, Wood, Williams

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