Quintana v. Santa Fe Co. Bd. of Commissioners

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 08:30

Court find plausible claim against one officer for denial of medical care for prisoner who died from acute symptoms related to withdrawal from heroin, affords other officers qualified immunity; court assumes without deciding that severe opioid withdrawal constituted a sufficiently serious medical need; court concludes frequent vomiting alone does not present and obvious risk of severe and dangerous withdrawal, but that bloody vomiting witnessed by one officer does.

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