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Phillip v. Scinto

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on November 13, 2017.

Docket No.16-1545
Op. Below4th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether, when a prison official declines to administer to a hostile inmate a single dose of insulin in favor of monitoring blood sugar, a general "right to adequate medical care and freedom from deliberate indifference to medical needs" is sufficiently particularized to preclude qualified immunity on these facts; and (2) whether, when prison officials place the same inmate in administrative detention after he disrupts prison function by reporting a health emergency later determined not to be life-threatening, a general "right to adequate medical care and freedom from deliberate indifference to medical needs" is sufficiently particularized to preclude qualified immunity.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jun 21, 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2017)
Jul 21, 2017
Waiver of right of respondent Paul Scinto, Sr. to respond filed.
Aug 2, 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
Aug 7, 2017
Response Requested. (Due September 6, 2017)
Aug 15, 2017
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 6, 2017.
Oct 6, 2017
Brief of respondent Paul Scinto, Sr. in opposition filed.
Oct 24, 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2017.
Nov 13, 2017
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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