De'lonta v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.3d 520 · 2013
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Farmer v. Brennan · Domino Sugar Corporation v. Sugar Workers Local Union of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union · Bowring v. Godwin
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[J]ust because [officials] have provided De'lonta with some treatment consistent with the GID Standards of Care, it does not follow that they have necessarily provided her with constitutionally adequate treatment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“By analogy, imagine that prison officials prescribe a painkiller to an inmate who has suffered a serious injury from a fall, but that the inmate’s symptoms, despite the medication, persist to the point that he now, by all objective measure, requires evaluation for surgery. Would prison officials then be .free to deny him consideration for surgery, immunized from constitutional suit by the fact that they were giving him a painkiller? We think not. Accordingly, although ... a prisoner does not enjoy a constitutional right to the treatment of his or her choice, the treatment a prison facility does provide must nevertheless be adequate to address the prisoner’s serious medical need.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[Courts must] afford liberal construction to the allegations in pro se complaints raising civil rights issues.”). We also note that the district court, while not explicitly ruling on the issue, referred to Wall’s claim as a request for”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wall v. Wade · Morris v. Fletcher
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.