· 8/20/2009
McRaven v. Sanders
Citations
- 577 F.3d 974
- 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18816
- 2009 WL 2525579
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- concluding officer who was trained in but did not perform CPR on unconscious prisoner for seven minutes not entitled to qualified immunity
- denying qualified immunity where officer “made no attempt to resuscitate” the prisoner “for seven minutes before paramedics arrive[d]”
- denying qualified immunity where “officers knew the cocktail of drugs taken by [detainee], and the drug intoxication evaluation showed a severely intoxicated detainee”
- denying qualified immunity where an inmate exhibited 3 We note that in our recent decision, Bailey v. Feltmann, No. 14-3859, 2016 WL 191929 (8th Cir. Jan. 15, 2016
- noting that “[a]lthough medical negligence does not violate” the Eighth Amendment—which proscribes “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain”—“medical treatment may so deviate from the applicable standard of care as to evidence . . . deliberate indifference” (cleaned up
- noting that “[a]lthough medical negligence does not violate” the Eighth Amendment—which proscribes “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain”—“medical treatment may so deviate from the applicable standard of care as to evidence . . . deliberate indifference” (cleaned up
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Judges: Bye, Hansen, Benton
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