Sowell v. Chappius

How courts have described this case

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

• “A medical need is ‘serious’ for constitutional purposes if it presents ‘a condition of urgency’ that may result in ‘degeneration’ or ‘extreme pain.’ ”
• it is improper for the ALJ to act as the medical 17 expert

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).