Hoffer v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A serious medical need is considered 'one that has been diagnosed by a physician as mandating treatment or one that is so obvious that even a lay person would easily recognize the necessity for a doctor's attention.' "). And Ms. Keohane put Defendant on notice of her continued suffering with each grievance, attempted suicide, and self-harm attempt during her first two years in custody. Even so, Defendant ignored Ms. Keohane's mental complaint of gender dysphoria and her parallel need to socially transition in prison, citing "security concerns,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keohane v. Jones

2. “(1) knowledge of a serious medical need and a failure or refusal to provide care; (2) delaying treatment for non-medical reasons; (3) grossly inadequate care; (4) a decision to take an easier but less efficacious course of treatment; or (5) medical care that is so cursory as to amount to no treatment at all.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keohane v. Jones

3. “[T]he causal connection may be established when a supervisor's custom or policy ... result[s] in deliberate indifference to constitutional rights ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keohane v. Jones