Louis Branch v. D. Umphenour

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “complexity increases and competence decreases as a case proceeds to the advanced phases of litigation” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that a plaintiff who had engaged in self-harm could not bring a failure to protect claim because he had received adequate treatment on each occasion of self-harm
• noting that the Scott exception is a narrow and pragmatic one re- served only in cases where there is clear and irrefutable video evidence
• explaining that guards may not ignore and refuse to act on inmate’s serious medical issues
• noting that cases involving medical issues are often more complex than other prisoner civil rights lawsuits
• noting that litigation becomes more complex as it moves to later stages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).