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· 2/10/2009

Burks v. Raemisch

Citations

  • 555 F.3d 592
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 2640
  • 2009 WL 305004

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that grievance processor was not deliberately indifferent to plaintiff's medical needs when she rejected his grievance as untimely
  • holding that officials are “entitled to relegate to the prison’s medical staff the provision of good medical care.”
  • holding that a complaint examiner who “carried out her job exactly as she was supposed to” did not violate the Constitution
  • holding that wardens and grievance officers are “entitled to relegate to the prison’s medical staff the provision of good medical care.”
  • holding that “liability depends on each defendant’s knowledge and actions, not on the knowledge or actions of persons they supervise”
  • holding that grievance examiner’s rejection of complaint as untimely without investigation was not deliberate indifference

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Judges: Easterbrook, Evans, Tinder

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