Kyle Rusness v. Becker County, Minnesota

How courts have described this case

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

• “The threshold question is whether [a prisoner] manifested signs of a serious medical need that would be sufficiently obvious to jail staff without medical training”
• “The party asserting immunity always has the burden to establish the relevant predicate facts, and at the summary judgment stage, the nonmoving party is given the benefit of all reasonable inferences.”
• deliberate indifference requires that “defendants knew of the need” for care or protection

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tracy Presson v. Darrin Reed
  Eighth Circuit· 2023-04-12· cited 29×
• Amity Dimock v. City of Brooklyn Center
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-12-26· cited 8×
• Christopher Lankford v. City of Plumerville, Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-08-02· cited 7×
• Ethan Marks v. Officer Benjamin Bauer
  Eighth Circuit· 2024-07-12· cited 4×
• Hannah Jesski v. Dakota, MN & Eastern RR
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-08-08· cited 1×
• Jennifer Harmon v. Second Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-01-13
• Juan Mitchell v. Saint Louis County
  Eighth Circuit· 2025-12-04
• Ethan Marks v. Officer Benjamin Bauer
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-02-12

Cites

29 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×
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 41,449×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Pearson v. Callahan
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-21· cited 13,928×
• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Malley v. Briggs
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-05· cited 6,748×
• Mullenix v. Luna
  Supreme Court· 2015-11-09· cited 3,438×
• Barton Roberts v. Sergeant Kopel
  Eighth Circuit· 2019-03-07· cited 225×
• White v. McKinley
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-02-26· cited 223×
• Elwood v. County of Rice
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1988-05-06· cited 212×
• Napoleon Hartsfield v. Nurse Janice Colburn Capt. McGregor Dr. Lugwig Capt. McGregor Sheriff Conord Lt. Brundies
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-06-14· cited 210×
• Floyd L. Roberson v. Bill Bradshaw
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-12-02· cited 164×
• Mark Morris v. Kelley Cradduck
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-03-30· cited 159×
• Lubbers v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-11-17· cited 155×
• Jones Ex Rel. Heirs of Jones v. Minnesota Department of Corrections
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-01-09· cited 132×
• Johnson v. Morris
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-03-23· cited 127×
• Schroeder v. St. Louis County
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-01-26· cited 86×
• Raymond W. Aswegan v. John Henry, Deputy Warden John Emmett Arthur Anderson Sgt. Gutman Robert Washington and Roger Lawson
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-03-10· cited 85×