Dotson v. Correctional Medical Services

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an ankle sprain with soft-tissue swelling and inability to bear weight did not rise to the level of a serious medical need
• “Plaintiff's ankle sprain does not rise to the level of a serious medical need, and, therefore, he has not met the objective component necessary to establish a violation of the Eighth Amendment.”
• “Plaintiff’s ankle sprain does not rise to the level of a serious medical need, and, therefore, he has not met the objective component necessary to establish a violation of the Eighth Amendment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 15,427×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,768 Phil A. Street and Clyde H. Street v. J.C. Bradford & Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1990-05-25· cited 2,773×
• Edward E. Westlake v. William Lucas, Sheriff of Wayne County
  Sixth Circuit· 1976-07-29· cited 1,321×
• Carolyn Comstock v. Norris McCrary v. S. Thyagarajan and David Howell
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-12-12· cited 1,209×
• William C. Lewis v. Acb Business Services, Inc., (96-3093/3498), American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. James P. Connors, (96-3498)
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-01-30· cited 643×
• David G. Boretti v. Beverly A. Wiscomb, R.N., Wanda M. Baldwin, R.N.
  Sixth Circuit· 1991-07-09· cited 386×
• Douglas Emmons v. Robert McLaughlin Donald Ratliff, Gary Dewalt, City of Norwalk, Reese Wineman
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-06-30· cited 347×
• Chris R. Plott v. General Motors Corporation, Packard Electric Division
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-12-20· cited 218×
• Carl C. Coppinger v. Gene Townsend, M.D., and Wayne K. Patterson
  Tenth Circuit· 1968-07-24· cited 186×
• Eanos Earl Hunt and Raymond Roger Jones v. Jeff Reynolds
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-09-10· cited 70×
• Timberlake by Timberlake v. Benton
  M.D. Tennessee· 1992-01-29· cited 33×
• Georgia Beddingfield, Surviving Spouse of William Beddingfield, Deceased v. City of Pulaski, Tennessee
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-01-05· cited 30×
• Spurlock v. Whitley
  M.D. Tennessee· 1997-07-17· cited 16×
• Beddingfield v. City of Pulaski, Tenn.
  M.D. Tennessee· 1987-07-17· cited 15×
• Chatin v. Artuz
  Second Circuit· 2001-01-03· cited 12×
• Hunt v. Bradley, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Correction
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-10· cited 2×