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· 12/11/2003

Robert Bruno Ciarpaglini v. Doctor Narinder Saini, Doctor Laurens D. Young, and Phil Kingston

Citations

  • 352 F.3d 328
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 24884
  • 2003 WL 22922376

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that it is improper to adopt a “complicated set of rules [to discern] what conditions are serious enough” to constitute “serious physical injury”
  • holding that to meet the “imminent danger” requirement the “threat or prison condition [must be] real and proximate.”
  • holding that to meet the “imminent danger” requirement the “threat or prison condition [must be] real and proximate.”
  • recognizing that a mere disagreement with medical professionals about the appropriate treatment does not amount to an Eighth Amendment violation
  • holding that plaintiff “has simply pled himself out of court by saying too much”
  • holding that plaintiff “has simply pled himself out of court by saying too much”

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Judges: Posner, Kanne, Evans

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