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· 3/30/2000

Ruffin v. Deperio

Citations

  • 97 F. Supp. 2d 346
  • 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6369
  • 2000 WL 575904

How courts have described this case

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

  • deliberate indifference can be demonstrated where a doctor’s treatment was “cursory” or evidenced “apathy”
  • deliberate indifference can be shown when a doctor’s treatment is “cursory” or evidences “apathy”’
  • “A defendant may not escape liability if the evidence shows that he ‘merely refused to verify underlying facts that he strongly suspected to be true, or declined to confirm inferences of risk that he strongly suspected to exist.’” (quoting Farmer, 511 U.S. at 843 n.8)

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Judges: Heckman

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