Braggs v. Dunn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “persistent and severe shortages of mental-health staff and correctional staff”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Braggs v. Dunn · 382 F. Supp. 3d 1267 - Braggs v. Dunn

2. “"In 2016, [the then-mental-health care vendor] reported to ADOC that it was discharging patients from suicide watch without a face-to-face assessment; the decisions were based instead on whatever information lower-level mental-health staff communicated over the phone to on-call doctors and nurse practitioners.... Associate Commissioner Naglich admitted that this practice of authorizing suicide watch release without a face-to-face evaluation was not specific to any particular facilities, but that it reflected a general shortage of psychiatrists; she further agreed that it put the prisoners at risk of premature release. Evidence also showed that prisoners have, on occasion, been released from suicide watch by correctional staff without any mental health assessment at all; this is even more unacceptable."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Braggs v. Dunn

3. “"Associate Commissioner Naglich admitted that staff are not permitted to use monitoring logs with pre-printed times, but that some continue to use them. She also testified that officers and staff are not permitted to handwrite times and signatures in advance of, or in lieu of, their actual checks. However, during the post-trial prison tours, the court came across multiple logs where times at 15-or 30-minute intervals had been pre-filled, even though the parties had agreed during the trial to correct this practice, and the court had ordered compliance with the agreement several weeks before the tours. This evidence of non-compliance greatly troubled the court, as it showed that policy changes are not being implemented on the ground even when a court order is involved."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Braggs v. Dunn