No. 21-235

Gary Heidel, et al. v. Anthony Mazzola, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights due-process failure-to-enforce fourteenth-amendment kingsley-standard medical-treatment predictable-consequence pretrial-detainee recklessness suicide-prevention
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether pursuant to Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 135 S.Ct. 2466 (2015), jail officials violate a pretrial detainee's Fourteenth Amendment right to medical treatment by being reckless to, without actually knowing of, the detainee's substantial risk of suicide.

2. Whether the Tenth Circuit erred by concluding, contrary to other jurisdictions, that suicide is not a highly predictable consequence of a detention center's failure to enforce a suicide prevention program.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether jail officials violate a pretrial detainee's Fourteenth Amendment right to medical treatment by being reckless to, without actually knowing of, the detainee's substantial risk of suicide

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-29
Reply of petitioners Gary Heidel, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-12
Brief of respondents Anthony Mazzola, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-08-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2021.
2021-08-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2021 to October 15, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Anthony Mazzola, et al.
Jeffrey Lynn DriscollWilliams, Turner & Holmes, P.C., Respondent
Gary Heidel, et al.
J. Keith KillianKillian Davis Richter & Kraniak, PC, Petitioner