No. 19-1350

Darius Ishun Green v. Bradley Hooks, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment inmate personal-characteristics prison prisoner-rights risk-of-harm summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (1994), is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of harm to a plaintiff based on an inmate's personal characteristics when considered in combination with material facts on the record?

2. Does the Eighth Amendment require a plaintiff to notify prison officials of a specific risk of harm, including the name of an assailant and the specific form of harm?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Under Farmer v. Brennan, is a court precluded from granting summary judgment to defendants where there is evidence of an obvious, substantial risk of harm to a plaintiff based on an inmate's personal characteristics when considered in combination with material facts on the record?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent Bradley Hooks, et al. to respond filed.
2020-06-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2020)

Attorneys

Bradley Hooks, et al.
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent
Darius Green
Mario Bernard WilliamsNDH LLC, Petitioner