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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1097 J. D. Hartman, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Davie County, North Carolina, et al. v. Charles Willis Short, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Victoria Christine Short Fourth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Amici (1) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee pretrial-detention prison-officials Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate indifference must prove the defendant actually knew of a significant risk of harm, as five circuits ha…
23-259 Lewis County, Kentucky, et al. v. Julie Helphenstine, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of B. D. H., the Minor Son of Christopher Dale Helphenstine Sixth Circuit 2023-09-18 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee prison-officials qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate indifference must prove the defendant actually knew of a significant risk of harm, as six circuits hav…