Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Rowe v. Monica Gibson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2015No. 14-3316PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
An Indiana prison inmate named Jeffrey Rowe, the plaintiff in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charges administrators and prison staff (actually employees of Corizon, Inc., which provides medical services to the inmates at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Rowe’s prison) with deliberate indifference to a serious medical need — that is, with knowing of a serious risk to inmate health or safety but responding ineffectually (as by departing substantially from accepted professional judgment) or not at all. See, e.g., Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- General Electric Co. v. JoinerSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Miguel Perez v. James FenoglioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Sain v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Eugene Brown v. Larry PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
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