· 1/28/2013
Ophelia De'Lonta v. Gene Johnson
Citations
- 708 F.3d 520
- 2013 WL 310350
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 2005
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that, even if defendants “provided [plaintiff] with sometreatment . . . , it does not follow that [defendants] have necessarily provided constitutionally adequate treatment”
- holding that, even if defendants “provided [plaintiff] with some treatment . . . , it does not follow that [defendants] have necessarily provided constitutionally adequate treatment”
- holding that, even if defendants “provided [plaintiff] with some treatment . . . , it does not follow that [defendants] have necessarily provided constitutionally adequate treatment”
- holding that an inmate pleaded a claim for deliberate indifference when the prison would not evaluate her for surgery that was an approved treatment for her serious medical need despite her repeated complaints regarding the ineffectiveness of her current treatment
- explaining that in the context of the Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, some treatment does not necessarily mean constitutionally adequate treatment
- explaining that, even if “defendants provided . . . some treatment . . ., it does not follow that [defendants] have necessarily provided constitutionally adequate treatment”
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Judges: Motz, King, Diaz
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