No. 22-6928

Logan Dyjak v. Jo-An Lynn, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process failure-to-protect first-amendment fourteenth-amendment litigation-reform mental-health sexual-abuse sexual-acts
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

In an action in which an individual is committed for mental health treatment, does a state's failure to protect that individual against other inmates constitute deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution?

In an action petitioning for redress of unconstitutional sexual acts, is application of the Prison Litigation Reform Act to prohibit such petitioning violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Which constitutional claims can an individual, such as Paul, who was committed for mental health treatment, bring against state officials for failure to protect him from sexual abuse while in their custody?

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-19
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2023-05-01
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.
2023-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2023)

Attorneys

Logan Dyjak
Logan Dyjak — Petitioner