No. 18-6367

Joel Carter v. Jamie Ayala, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-services medical-treatment precedent prisoner-rights summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by issuing a decision that conflict with this Court's precedent regarding the denial of medical treatment?

II. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's claim under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, by entering a decision that conflict with this Court's precedent regarding the right to refuse unwanted medical treatment?

III. Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents, by entering a decision that conflict with this Court's precedent regarding how only a trier of fact can resolve genuine disputes of material facts?

IV. Did the lower court violate the law-of-the-case doctrine when it denied Davis' summary judgment motion on the merits, then granted Davis' summary judgment motion, on the second round without additional evidence?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the lower court err in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents on Petitioner's Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim, by issuing a decision that conflicts with this Court's precedent regarding the denial of medical treatment?

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-15
Brief of respondent Jamie Ayala in opposition filed.
2018-11-13
Waiver of right of respondent Robert Davis to respond filed.
2018-05-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)
2018-03-28
Application (17A1045) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 2, 2018.
2018-03-19
Application (17A1045) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 3, 2018 to June 2, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Jamie Ayala
Dale A. RobinsonRutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C., Respondent
Joel Carter
Joel Carter — Petitioner
Robert Davis
Aaron David LindstromMichigan Department of Attorney General, Respondent