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Scott Lynn Gibson, aka Vanessa Lynn v. Brian Collier, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 16-51148 · judgment March 29, 2019
Before the decision, about 3.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Questions presented
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Whether an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s lifethreatening medical need can be disposed of without any individualized medical evaluation of the potential effectiveness of the last remaining treatment for that need if there is not “universal” medical acceptance of that treatment?
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Whether the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause requires that any particular medical treatment sought in prison must be usually provided to prisoners in order for the deprivation of such treatment to be “unusual” enough to trigger the Eighth Amendment?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stephen Louis Braga
University of Virginia School of Law
For respondent
Kyle Douglas Hawkins
Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Dec 09 2019Petition DENIED.
- Nov 13 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
- Oct 28 2019Brief of respondents Bryan Collier, et al. in opposition filed.
- Sep 26 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 6, 2019.
- Sep 24 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 7, 2019 to November 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 06 2019Response Requested. (Due October 7, 2019)
- Aug 07 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jul 29 2019Waiver of right of respondents Bryan Collier, Dr. D. Greene to respond filed.
- Jun 20 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)