No. 19-8084

Christopher Young v. Rehka Halligan

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-care medical-treatment standing
Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether continuous persistence in a course of treatment known to be
ineffective through a petitioner's complaints, while knowing or should've
known there exists other treatments/surgery & procedures to explore that
improves a petitioner's condition violate the Eighth Amendment?

2. Whether a petitioner's Eighth Amendment claim fails simply because he/she
received some treatment/some level of medical care regardless of the fact
that it was ineffective?

3. Whether seeking effective treatment/care by informing medical
professionals, as is required, that current and prior treatment/care
ineffective, necessarily or absolutely constitute a disagreement and/or
preference for a particular course of treatment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-continuous-ineffective-treatment-violates-8th-amendment

Docket Entries

2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Christopher Young
Christopher Young — Petitioner