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Washington County, Utah v. Martin Crowson

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 19-4118 · judgment December 29, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether a municipal government can be liable under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution for a denial of inmate medical care under § 1983 when none of the government’s employees or officials acted with deliberate indifference towards the inmate’s serious medical needs?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Frank D. Mylar
Mylar Law, P.C.

For respondent
Devi Maheswari Rao
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 28 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 22 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Martin Crowson to respond filed.
  4. Jul 16 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2021)