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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


Certiorari denied · March 21, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. Mar 21 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 02 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
  3. Feb 22 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Annissa Colson to respond filed.
  4. Jan 31 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 7, 2022)