No. 19-7807

Christopher Young v. Jose Boggio, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment ineffective-treatment intentional-mistreatment medical-care medical-need prisoner-rights serious-medical-need treatment
Latest Conference: 2020-05-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1.) Whether the contention that an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference
to serious medical need claim fails simply because the Plaintiff received
some level of medical care/some treatment?

2.) If so, whether that contention overlooks the possibility that the
treatment the Plaintiff did receive was ineffective, & so blatantly
Inappropriate as to evidence intentional mistreatment likely to seriously
aggravate his condition?

3.) Whether the contention that a Plaintiff's complaints that the treatments
provided don't work amounts to aa disagreement or dissatisfaction overlooks
the possibility that the treatments are ineffective & actually don't work?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the contention that an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical need claim fails simply because the Plaintiff received some level of medical care/some treatment?

Docket Entries

2020-05-04
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2020-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 30, 2020)
2020-02-05
Application (19A874) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 11, 2020.
2020-01-30
Application (19A874) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2020 to April 11, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Christopher Young
Christopher Young — Petitioner