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· 6/25/2002

Jeffery Montgomery v. Steven Pinchak Al Ortiz Terry Moore C. Naficy, Mr. C.M.S. Correctional Medical Service

Citations

  • 294 F.3d 492
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 12536
  • 2002 WL 1369223

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “expert testimony is necessary when the seriousness of the injury or illness would not be apparent to a lay person.”
  • civil rights claim alleging deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs raises sufficiently complex legal issues
  • to justify appointment of counsel, a case must have arguable merit in fact and law
  • No Tenn. R.App. P. 11 application filed

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Judges: Roth, Ambro, Fuentes

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