Tenth Circuit· 10/21/2005

Mata v. Saiz

Citations

427 F.3d 745
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 22746
2005 WL 2697249

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holding that even a physician’s grossly negligent medical judgment is not subject to scrutiny if the prisoner’s need for medical treatment was not obvious
recognizing that “there is little doubt that deliberate indifference to an inmate’s serious medical need is a clearly established constitutional right”
concluding that chest pain 9 was sufficiently serious to satisfy the objective prong independently of a subsequent heart attack
holding that a nurse had failed to fulfill her gatekeeping duties when she “completely refused to assess or diagnose [the inmate’s] medical condition at all”
holding that plaintiff may show a delay in medical treatment resulted in “substantial harm” by providing specific evidence that the delay “caused either unnecessary pain or a worsening of [the] condition”
concluding that evidence of a nurse’s complete refusal to assess or diagnose inmate’s medical condition could amount to deliberate indifference so as to defeat summary judgment in her favor

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Judges: Hartz, Seymour, Baldock

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