· 11/24/1987
William S. Sires, Jr. v. Louis M. Berman
Citations
- 834 F.2d 9
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15367
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a child services worker who faithfully executed a court 14 order to apprehend a child from her mother enjoyed absolute quasi-judicial immunity
- noting that despite plaintiff’s allegations that medical staff did not provide him with care, “[h]e does not, however, show any ill effects from this deprivation”
- finding no Eighth Amendment violation where the prisoner failed to \present[] any evidence of a serious medical need that has gone unmet\
- \[S]afety factors are properly included in the evaluation of the medical needs of an inmate.\
- “[S]afety factors are prop erly included in the evaluation of the medical needs of an inmate.”
- in cases alleging deliberate indifference to medical risk, “(t]he care provided must have been so inadequate as to shock the conscience” (quoting Torraco v. Maloney, 923 F.2d 231, 231 (1st Cir. 1991)
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Judges: Aldrich, Coffin, Torruella
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