Clay Vance Conner v. Kerry Donnelly, M.D., Clay Vance Conner v. Kerry Donnelly, M.D.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a private physician who treated a prisoner’s orthopedic problem in the physician’s office outside the prison was acting under color of state law
• holding that an orthopedic physician was a state actor when he treated a prisoner at his private office pursuant to a prison doctor’s referral
• holding that “a physician who treats a prisoner acts under color of state law even though there was no contractual relationship between the prison and the physician”
• holding that a private physician without any contractual or employment obligation with the state nonetheless acts under color of state law by voluntarily accepting a referral to treat a prisoner
• holding that private physicians who treat state prisoners without a contract are state actors because of their function of providing medical care on behalf of the state and with the state’s authorization
• holding that private physicians who treat state prisoners without a contract are state actors because of their function of providing medical care on behalf of the state and with the state’s authorization

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).