No. 21-6997

Luke Waine Caines, Jr. v. M. Interian

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: court-of-appeals deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-needs prisoner-rights substantial-injury substantial-risk substantial-risk-of-harm wood-v-housewright
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1). WHETHER DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE SHOULD BE ANALYZED UNDER THE BALANCING FRAME WORK
3F THE SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF HARM TEST ANNOUNCED BY THIS COURT RATHER THAN THE SUBSTAN
TIAL INJURY REQUIREMENT TEST ANNOUNCED IN WOOD V. HOUSEWRIGHT, 900 F. 2D 1332.

2). WHETHER THE COURTS DECISION IN TOGUCHI V. CHUNG INVALIDATES A PRISONER'S RIGHT TO
BE FREE FROM THE "RISK OF HARM" AND THE REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT A PRISONER'S HEALTH
AND SAFETY.

3). WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ERRORED IN HOLDING THAT CAINES :
HAD NOT STATED AN EIGHTH AMENDMENT CLAIM IN WHICH RELIEF COULD BE GRANTED. BY ALLEGING '
THAT DR. M. INTER IAN, D.D.S. WAS DELIBERATELY INDIFFERENT TO HIS SERIOUS MEDICAL NEEDS

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether deliberate indifference should be analyzed under the balancing framework of the substantial risk of harm test announced by this Court rather than the substantial injury requirement test announced in Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-17
Waiver of right of respondent M. Interian to respond filed.
2022-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Luke W. Caines Jr.
Luke Waine Caines Jr. — Petitioner
M. Interian
Betty Chu-FujitaCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent