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· 11/30/1981

Applicability of 18 U.S.C. § 281 to Selling Activities of Retired Military Officers

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  • holding that personal involvement is an essential element of a civil rights cause of action, meaning that there must be an affirmative link between the injury and a defendant’s conduct
  • noting that “counsel might assist [the district court] in handling the particular complexities” of a case where the Fifth Circuit had found appellant’s appointed counsel beneficial
  • finding that an inmate in need of a hip replacement and reconstructive surgery stated a deliberate indifference claim that should have survived a summary judgment challenge
  • finding that an inmate in need of a hip replacement and reconstructive surgery stated a deliberate indifference claim that should have survived a summary judgment challenge
  • clarifying that “mere disagreement with one’s medical treatment is insufficient to show deliberate indifference”
  • clarifying that “mere disagreement with one’s medical treatment is insufficient to show deliberate indifference”

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