Legal Opinion
Faraday v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 12, 2008No. SC 17694PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
Under Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S. Ct. 285, 50 L. Ed. 2d 251 (1976), prison officials will be found to have violated the eighth amendment to the United States constitution 1 if, by virtue of their deliberate indifference to an inmate’s serious medical needs, they refuse to provide care or treatment to that inmate. The petitioner, William Faraday, filed a petition for a writ of habeas coxpus, claiming that the respondent, the commissioner of correction, had violated his eighth amendment rights by refusing to provide him with certain medical care for a chronic back…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Faraday v. BlanchetteDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2009
- Coleman v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
- Watson v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2008
- Anthony A. v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2021
- Francis v. BriaticoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2022
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