Legal Opinion
Daniel Scott v. Mary Benson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 4, 2014No. 12-3356PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Scott filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Mary Benson provided him constitutionally deficient medical care. The district court denied Benson’s motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. We conclude that the district court applied the wrong constitutional standard and, therefore, vacate the denial of summary judgment and remand this case for consideration under the correct constitutional standard.
I. Background
Scott is an involuntarily committed patient at the Iowa Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders (“CCUSO”). Benson is an…
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