Scott Gibson v. Bryan Collier

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that disagreement with treatment does not constitute deliberate indifference
• explaining that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
• explaining that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
• noting that “the WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate”
• rejecting a claim of deliberate indifference where the inmate could not show a “consensus in the medical community” about a particular course of treatment
• “[T]he WPATH Standards of Care reflect not consensus, but merely one side in a sharply contested medical debate over [GCS].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2019-08-23· cited 242×
• Mark A. Campbell v. Kevin Kallas
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-08-19· cited 133×
• Maria Arenas v. John Calhoun
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-04-26· cited 69×
• Haverkamp v. Linthicum
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-07-30· cited 35×
• Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-02-10· cited 27×
• K.C. v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board
  Seventh Circuit· 2024-11-13· cited 25×
• Maxwell Kadel v. Dale Folwell
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-29· cited 19×
• United States v. Norman Varner
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-01-15· cited 18×
• Damond v. City of Rayville
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-02-06· cited 12×
• In re Gray and Rice
  Utah Supreme Court· 2021-05-06· cited 9×
• Paul Eknes-Tucker v. Governor of the State of Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-08-28· cited 4×
• Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-08-31
• Whole Woman's Health v. Ken Paxton
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-08-19
• Aiden Vasquez and Mika Covington v. Iowa Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2023-05-12
• Shauntae Anderson v. William Crouch
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-04-29
• K.C. v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board
  Seventh Circuit· 2024-11-18
• Reconsidering the Application of the Hyde Amendment to the Provision of Transportation for Women Seeking Abortions
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2025-07-11
• Clark v. Valletta
  Second Circuit· 2025-10-06
• Fuentes-Pineda v. Bondi
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-01-14
• Fuentes-Pineda v. Bondi
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-03-24

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 5,583×
• Little v. Liquid Air Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-26· cited 5,418×
• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 1,818×
• Frontiero v. Richardson
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 1,487×
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 1,457×
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M.
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-29· cited 1,058×
• Gutierrez v. Peters
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-04-23· cited 877×
• Glossip v. Gross
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-29· cited 858×
• Gobert v. Caldwell
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-29· cited 784×
• Philip Rosati v. Dr. Igbinoso
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-06-26· cited 781×
• Chance v. Armstrong
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-07· cited 744×
• John Colwell v. Robert Bannister
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-08-14· cited 652×
• Willie Smith v. Nurse Carpenter, Superintendent Wilkinson, Superintendent at Pharsalia Corr. Facility
  Second Circuit· 2003-01-14· cited 644×