Siglar v. Hightower

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an ear that was sore and bruised for three days was nevertheless a de minimis injury
• holding that a sore a bruised ear was de minimis and did not satisfy the PLRA’s physical injury requirement
• holding that “sore, bruised ear lasting for three days” for which the prisoner did not seek or receive medical treatment was de minimis physical injury
• concluding that a sore, bruised ear lasting for three days, was considered to be de minimis injuries
• holding that a sore and bruised ear lasting for three days was de minimus and did not meet the physical injury requirement found in the PLRA
• holding that a sore and bruised ear lasting for three days was de minimus and did not meet the physical injury requirement found in the PLRA

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mark Mitchell v. Martin F. Horn
  Third Circuit· 2003-01-29· cited 1,181×
• Geiger v. Jowers
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-03-21· cited 900×
• Brewster v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-11-10· cited 570×
• Oliver v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-09· cited 545×
• Eric D. Oliver v. Jerry Keller, Sheriff Kyle Edwards Dave Swiekert
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-02· cited 477×
• Harper v. Showers
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-05-24· cited 457×
• Black v. Warren
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-02-18· cited 328×
• Martin v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-09-23· cited 295×
• Ruiz v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-11-20· cited 276×
• Gonzales v. Wyatt
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-23· cited 270×
• Talib v. Gilley
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-04-15· cited 242×
• Flanory v. Bonn
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-05-06· cited 241×
• Robert Davis v. Wayne Scott, Director v. Unidentified Dawson, Correction Officer III Unidentified Crowder, Correction Officer, III
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-10-22· cited 236×
• Joshua Liner v. Glenn Goord Walter Kelly Gilmore, Sgt. John Doe 1 John Doe 2
  Second Circuit· 1999-09-22· cited 231×
• Newsome v. EEOC
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-06· cited 194×
• Calhoun v. Hargrove
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-15· cited 179×
• Canell v. Lightner
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-05-08· cited 170×
• Paul Nagy v. Fmc Butner
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-07-21· cited 156×
• Juan Gomez v. William Chandler, Sergeant Henry Reece, Sergeant Harold Roden Gregory Palmeiri
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-11-15· cited 143×
• Baldwin v. Stalder
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-17· cited 123×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Neitzke v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
• Hudson v. McMillian
  Supreme Court· 1992-02-25· cited 8,199×
• Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-03· cited 837×
• Eason v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-02-10· cited 404×
• Raymond Louis Bender v. James A. Brumley
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-08-24· cited 202×
• Graves v. Hampton
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-08-26· cited 117×