Shakka v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that evidence showing warden or security chief knew of and deliberately ignored inmate’s unfulfilled medical need for wheelchair could support finding of deliberate indifference
• stating that “the failure to provide a wheelchair for an inmate may constitute deliberate indifference to a serious medical need’’
• holding no constitutional violation when inmate given water and cleaning supplies but denied shower for three days after having human excrement thrown on him
• noting deliberate indifference requires that a prison official know of and disregard the objectively serious condition or deprivation
• rejecting Eighth Amendment claim of inmate denied a shower for three days after excrement was thrown on him when he was given another method to clean himself
• granting summary judgment for prison officials who refused to contravene Doctor’s treatment decisions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. Benjamin
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-03-06· cited 677×
• Charles Short v. J. Hartman
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-12-08· cited 276×
• Beverati v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-08-11· cited 207×
• Angelo Clark v. Robert Coupe
  Third Circuit· 2022-11-28· cited 194×
• Townsend v. Jefferson County
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-03-30· cited 162×
• Jordan Jones v. George Solomon
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-01-03· cited 39×
• Julius Hodges v. Peter Meletis
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-07-23· cited 19×
• Waters v. Bass
  E.D. Virginia· 2004-02-12· cited 17×
• De'Lonta v. Angelone
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-05-27· cited 16×
• Long Term Admin v. Moore
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-04-21· cited 2×
• De'lontra v. Angelone
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-05-27
• Terrence Hammock v. Gail Watts
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-07-23

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Hudson v. McMillian
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 8,199×
• Wilson v. Seiter
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-17· cited 6,530×
• Helling v. McKinney
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-18· cited 4,262×
• Shaw v. Stroud
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-06· cited 1,804×
• Miltier v. Beorn
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-02-20· cited 712×
• Robert Dale Strickler v. Gary Waters, Sheriff Commonwealth of Virginia City of Portsmouth Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-03-26· cited 574×
• Shakka v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-12-12· cited 295×
• LaFaut v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-12-02· cited 91×
• Cummings v. Roberts
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-08-01· cited 51×
• Harry J. Weeks, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. L.R. Chaboudy, M.D., Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1993-04-16· cited 36×