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· 1/15/1942

Moore v. De Guire

Citations

  • 125 F.2d 486
  • 1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 4397

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that courts in the Second Circuit routinely find “a one-year delay in treating a cavity” as “evidence [of] deliberate indifference”
  • “a one-year delay in treating a cavity can evidence deliberate indifference on the part of prison officials”
  • “A serious medical condition exists where ‘the failure to treat a prisoner’s condition could result in further significant injury or the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.’” (quoting Chance v. Armstrong, 143 F.3d 698, 702 (2d Cir. 1998))
  • applying deliberate indifference standard to dental treatment claim
  • Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim

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Judges: Swan

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