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· 6/15/2001

Gibbs v. Grimmette

Citations

  • 254 F.3d 545
  • 2001 WL 672741

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that “mere negligence in failing to supply medical treatment” is insufficient to establish deliberate indifference
  • explaining that a mere disagreement with medical treatment is not deliberate indifference
  • explaining that a mere disagreement with medical treatment is not deliberate indifference
  • stating subjective deliberate indifference requires actual knowledge of the excessive risk to a pretrial detainee’s health or safety
  • affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment when the evidence did not show that the appellees acted with deliberate indifference to a detainee’s right to medical care
  • not deliberate indifference to refuse skin- test to inmate absent known exposure or signs of active tuberculosis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Stewart, Parker, Goldberg

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