Makdessi v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.3d 126 · 2015
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Ricci v. DeStefano · Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko · Wright v. Collins · United States v. Benton
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that a substantial risk of [serious harm] was longstanding, pervasive, well-documented, or expressly noted by prison officials in the past, and the circumstances suggest that the defendant-official being sued had been exposed to information concerning the risk and thus must have known about it ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“have 'a duty to protect prisoners from violence at the hands of other prisoners.' " Id. (quoting Farmer , 511 U.S. at 832 , 834 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 ). "[N]ot every injury suffered by a prisoner at the hands of another translates into constitutional liability for prison officials responsible for the victim's safety,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Deliberate indifference is 'more than mere negligence,' but 'less than acts or omissions [done] for the very purpose of causing harm or with knowledge that harm will result.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Porter v. Clarke
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.