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· 8/25/2004

Diego Gil v. James Reed, Jaime Penaflor, and United States of America

Citations

  • 381 F.3d 649
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 18031
  • 2004 WL 1888295

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  • concluding that facts showing physician’s assistant denied prescribed medication could permit a jury to infer knowledge of risk of harm
  • concluding that defendant physician who disregarded surgeon’s postoperative instructions could be found to have been deliberately indifferent
  • concluding that facts showing physician’s assistant denied prescribed medication could permit a jury to infer knowledge of risk of harm
  • holding that plaintiff showed genuine issue of material fact of doctor’s deliberate indifference when doctor failed to follow specialist’s advice, despite doctor’s excuse for failure
  • concluding that reasonable fact-finder could infer deliberate indifference where prison doctor canceled specialist’s prescriptions and substituted medication which specialist had specifically warned was dangerous for persons with plaintiffs condition
  • concluding that reasonable fact‐finder could infer deliberate indifference where prison doctor canceled specialist’s prescriptions and substituted medication which specialist had specifically warned was dangerous for persons with plaintiff’s condition

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Judges: Ripple, Rovner, Wood

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