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· 6/3/1996

Cottrell v. Caldwell

Citations

  • 85 F.3d 1480
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 13156
  • 1996 WL 288448

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that we have jurisdiction when “the denial is based even in part on a disputed issue of law”
  • holding that “decisional law in- volving prison inmates applies equally to cases involving arrestees or pretrial detainees”
  • holding that we have jurisdiction when “the denial is based even in part on a disputed issue of law”
  • stating that deliberate indifference is equivalent of recklessly disregarding substantial risk of serious harm to inmate
  • explaining that we have “interlocutory jurisdiction in qualified immunity cases where the denial is based even in part on a disputed issue of law”
  • stating that deliberate indifference is equivalent of recklessly disregarding substantial risk of serious harm to inmate

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Judges: Tjoflat, Carnes

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