Battista v. Clarke

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that , the effects of treatment decisions may be relevant to consideration of the subjective component of the Eighth Amendment
• noting that deliberate indifference may be shown by a “wanton disregard [for the prisoner’s medical needs] sufficiently evidenced by denial, delay, or interference with prescribed health care”
• “[S]ecurity considerations also matter at prisons ... and administrators have to balance conflicting demands.”
• “In the end, there is enough in this record to support the district court’s conclusion that ‘deliberate indifference’ has been established — or an unreasonable professional judgment exercised — even though it does not rest on any established sinister motive or ‘purpose to do harm.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lewis Rhinehart v. Debra Scutt
  Sixth Circuit· 2018-06-28· cited 689×
• Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-08-23· cited 242×
• Kosilek v. Spencer
  First Circuit· 2014-12-16· cited 238×
• Leavitt v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2011-06-29· cited 156×
• Perry v. Roy
  First Circuit· 2015-04-03· cited 114×
• Zingg v. Groblewski
  First Circuit· 2018-10-29· cited 90×
• Snell v. Neville
  First Circuit· 2021-05-25· cited 46×
• Lopes v. Riendeau
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-03-30· cited 27×
• Connor B. Ex Rel. Vigurs v. Patrick
  First Circuit· 2014-12-15· cited 21×
• United States v. Tum
  First Circuit· 2013-02-01· cited 19×
• Kosilek v. Spencer
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-09-04· cited 17×
• Soneeya v. Spencer
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-03-29· cited 16×
• Healey v. Dennehy
  First Circuit· 2014-08-27· cited 13×
• Eves v. LePage
  First Circuit· 2016-11-22· cited 12×
• Reaves v. Department of Correction
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-07-15· cited 10×
• Jordan v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2016-01-29· cited 7×
• Abernathy v. Dewey
  D. Massachusetts· 2017-09-28· cited 7×
• Smego v. Payne
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-03-21· cited 7×
• Alexander v. Weiner
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-01-18· cited 7×
• Kosilek v. Spencer
  First Circuit· 2014-01-17· cited 5×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 2,433×
• Sain v. Wood
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-01-09· cited 489×
• Steven M. Desrosiers v. John J. Moran
  First Circuit· 1991-11-15· cited 394×
• Guillermina Cortes-Quinones v. Charles Jimenez-Nettleship, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1988-04-22· cited 261×
• Juan Rivera-Muriente v. Juan Agosto-Alicea
  First Circuit· 1992-03-23· cited 250×
• Harris v. Refiners Transport & Terminal Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1988-10-03· cited 69×
• Patten v. Nichols
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-12-18· cited 65×
• United States v. Quinones-Medina
  First Circuit· 2009-01-12· cited 39×
• Robert E. Cameron v. Henry Tomes
  First Circuit· 1993-03-31· cited 37×
• Iantosca v. Step Plan Services, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2010-05-03· cited 35×
• Kosilek v. Maloney
  D. Massachusetts· 2002-08-28· cited 29×
• Venegas-Hernández v. Asociación De Compositores Y Editores De Música Latinoamericana
  First Circuit· 2005-09-16· cited 18×
• Robert H. Ketchum v. Dr. Robert W. Marshall
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-05-19· cited 2×