Fourth Circuit· 6/17/1988

Martin v. Gentile

Citations

849 F.2d 863
1988 WL 60246

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holding that pretrial detainee can show a due process violation where medical treatment is unreasonably delayed where the need for such treatment is apparent
deciding that the Eighth Amendment did not even apply to a plaintiff in custody as a pretrial detainee
concluding that a fourteen hour delay in obtaining treatment for a sliver of glass in a detainee's palm did not constitute deliberate indifference to a serious medical need under the Eighth Amendment
explaining that Bell and Due Process Clause protect pretrial detainees from \ any form of 'punishment' \
stating that a pretrial detainee’s claim based on denial of medical care is rooted in the Fourteenth, not the Eighth, amendment
observing that “[t]he due process rights of a pretrial detainee are at least as great as the eighth amendment protections available to the convicted prisoner”

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Judges: Hall, Murnaghan, Phillips

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