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Second Circuit· 8/20/2003

Hernandez v. Keane

Citations

  • 341 F.3d 137
  • 62 Fed. R. Serv. 235

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  • holding that Plaintiff may demonstrate “personal involvement” through a defendant’s “creation of a policy or custom that sanctioned conduct amounting to a constitutional violation, or allowing such a policy or custom to continue.”
  • noting that “deliberately refus[ing]” to treat a medical condition “with conscious disregard of the substantial risk of serious harm” constitutes deliberate indifference
  • noting that “deliberately refus[ing]” to treat a medical condition “with conscious disregard of the substantial risk of serious harm” constitutes deliberate indifference
  • stating that medical malpractice alone does not amount to deliberate indifference
  • stating that medical malpractice alone does not amount to deliberate indifference
  • stating that medical malpractice alone does not amount to deliberate indifference

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Judges: Calabresi, Jacobs, Walker

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