Anthony Dixon v. Salvador A. Godinez, Theopolis Smith, Thomas P. Roth & Dennis Jennings

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that material dispute existed as to whether prison-issue clothing and blankets were sufficient to combat prolonged cold temperatures in cell
• holding that officials do not act with deliberate indifference “if they are helpless to correct the protested conditions.”
• holding that officials do not act with deliberate indifference “if they are helpless to correct the protested conditions.”
• holding that prisoner’s “conclusory allegations, without backing from medical or scientific sources” that inadequate ventilation caused him respiratory problems were insufficient to overcome summary judgment on Eighth Amendment claims
• ruling that Eighth Amendment claim may arise from months-long exposure to below-40-degree temperatures that literally froze cell walls, disabled inmate from using hands, and made sleep difficult
• holding that prisoner’s “conclusory allegations, without backing from medical or scientific sources” that inadequate ventilation caused him respiratory problems were insufficient to overcome summary judgment on Eighth Amendment claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).