Sanville v. Mccaughtry

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “[t]he need for a mental illness to be treated could certainly be considered a serious medical need”
• holding that the doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply to actions brought under § 1983; to be held individually liable, a defendant must be “personally responsible for the deprivation of a constitutional right.”
• recognizing that physicians cannot “practice with a crystal ball in hand”
• explaining that failure to respond to a risk that the correctional officer doesn’t know about does not constitute a “punishment” under the Eighth Amendment jurisprudence
• stating that §1983 liability is predicated on fault, so to be liable, a defendant must be “personally responsible for the deprivation of a constitutional right.”
• noting that the withholding of food can in some circumstances meet the objective prong of Farmer depending on the amount and duration of the deprivation, as well as the medical condition of the inmate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).