No. 20-1234
Marianne Baptiste, et al. v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, et al.
Tags: 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection due-process juvenile-detention juvenile-rights medical-treatment state-custody
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment
SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a juvenile committed to the custody of the State enjoys the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause when evaluating the juvenile's right to adequate medical treatment in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or whether the juvenile is relegated to the lesser protection of the Eighth Amendment ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a juvenile committed to the custody of the State enjoys the protection of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause when evaluating the juvenile's right to adequate medical treatment in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or whether the juvenile is relegated to the lesser protection of the Eighth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 7, 2021)
Attorneys
Marianne Baptiste, et al.
Ira H. Zaleznik — Lawson & Weitzen, LLP, Petitioner