Sinn v. Lemmon’s Empirical Analysis
911 F.3d 412 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Farmer v. Brennan · Pearson v. Callahan · Hudson v. Palmer · Palmer v. Marion County
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.
“To succeed on plaintiff's Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Claim against defendant Christensen, plaintiff must prove each of the following things by a preponderance of the evidence: (1) plaintiff was incarcerated under conditions that posed a substantial risk of serious harm to her health or safety; and (2) defendant was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff's health or safety. With respect to the claim against defendant Christensen the term "deliberately indifferent" means that he actually knew of a substantial risk of harm and that he consciously disregarded this risk through his actions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an inmate must show that a defendant was deliberately indifferent to an excessive risk to inmate health or safety.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.