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· 10/8/2013

Thomas Whitaker v. Brad Livingston

Citations

  • 732 F.3d 465
  • 2013 WL 5545927
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 20513

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[S]peculation cannot substitute for evidence that the use of the drug is sure or very likely to cause serious illness and needless suffering.” (quoting Brewer v. Landrigan, 562 U.S. 996, 996 (2010))
  • “[P]laintiffs’ access-to-the-courts argument still hinges on their ability to show a potential Eighth Amendment violation. One is not entitled to access to the courts merely to argue that there might be some remote possibility of some constitutional violation.”

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Judges: Davis, Per Curiam, Smith, Southwick

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