Gobert v. Caldwell

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A state-prison physician appeals the district court’s denial of his assertion of qualified immunity from an inmate’s civil rights action alleging constitutionally inadequate medical care. We are persuaded that the doctor enjoys immunity and reverse.

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Anthony J. Gobert was formerly an inmate confined to the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St.. Gabriel, Louisiana. Dr. Michael Hegmann, Medical Director, and Dr. Larry Caldwell, a staff physician (collectively, “Physician Appellants”), worked at the EHCC during Gobert’s term of imprisonment.

On June 14, 2000,…