Denial of Medical Care

Not clearly established that decision to immediately run unresponsive inmate from prison's common area to medical treatment room, rather than to permit nurses on site to provide medical assessment, violated Eighth Amendment; officers had initially attempted to obtain on-scene medical assistance but had to send nurses away due to inmate's violent behavior, officers acted in good faith and reasonable belief that medical unit would be more private, more secure, and have better medical equipment.

Not clearly established at time of pretrial detainee's death that officer who did not obtain medical treatment for detainee exhibiting symptoms consistent with significant intoxication violated detainees due process rights.

Use of force, tasing, holding prisoner in prone position on his chest was obviously the wrong treatment for one having an epileptic seizure and officers acted with deliberate indifference in delaying prisoner’s access to emergency medical care by delaying EMTs’ access to prisoner, by using restraint chair, and failing to properly respond to fact that his breathing and heart had been compromised.

Jail officers could be held liable for failing to give prisoner prescribed medications for a back injury, attention deficit disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and insomnia and would not be entitled to qualified immunity.

Pretrial detainee in sickle cell crisis was not transported to hospital, but strapped in restraint chair with minimal observation and died four hours later; crisis was objectively serious medical need; issue of fact as to whether nurse acted recklessly in failing to send detainee to E.R.

Pretrial detainee with back injury, attention deficit disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and insomnia had serious medical needs; denial of prescription medications demonstrated deliberate indifference.

Sickle cell crisis was objectively serious medical need; fact issues precluded summary judgment for nurse who failed to send detainee to ER and officer who failed complete required checks on detainee in restraint chair; other nurse’s conduct of failing to call doctor or perform further checks on detainee in restraint chair was not deliberate indifference.

Where doctor was aware that prisoner who died from cervical cancer had been diagnosed with chlamydia, had been suffering hip and groin pain for weeks, had been complaining of ongoing and abnormal vaginal discharge and bleeding for weeks, had mild leukocytosis, had heavy E. Coli growth, and that symptoms were getting more severe, not less, provision of modicum of care would not defeat claim for deliberate indifference of provider or on gatekeeper theory.

Failure to provide medical care to subject who had been shot several times, was bleeding, moaning, groaning from pain, and in obvious and critical need of emergency medical care violated clearly established rights.

Arrestee charged with solicitation of minor was released from custody and committed suicide two days later; Wellpath owed arrestee no duty of care after he was released.