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Mandy England, in Her Individual Capacity v. Annissa Colson
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-6084 · judgment September 1, 2021
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Questions presented
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Whether a correctional officer violated a constitutional right of an inmate for not requesting further treatment for a non-life-threatening injury to the inmate’s knee when the correctional officer reasonably relied upon the medical determination of a qualified nurse after a medical examination.
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Whether it was “clearly established” for qualified immunity purposes that a correction officer could not rely upon the medical determination of a qualified nurse based on the relevant precedent and the “particularized facts of this case.”
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Nathaniel Craig Strand
O'Neil Parker & Williamson, PLLC
For respondent
Lance K. Baker
The Baker Law Firm
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 21 2022Petition DENIED.
- Mar 02 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
- Feb 22 2022Waiver of right of respondent Annissa Colson to respond filed.
- Jan 31 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)