Calvin Young v. Ralph Gray, Individually & as Med. Dir., Texas Dep't of Corr., 560 F.2d 201 (5th Cir. 1977). · Go Syfert
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Calvin Young v. Ralph Gray, Individually & as Med. Dir., Texas Dep't of Corr., 560 F.2d 201 (5th Cir. 1977). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
17 citation events (10 in the last 25 years) across 9 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Amy Elizabeth Terry v. Orleans Parish Justice Center, et al. (laed, 2026-05-19)
Top citers, strongest first. 10 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Amy Elizabeth Terry v. Orleans Parish Justice Center, et al.
E.D. La. · 2026 · confidence medium
S2t9a2n l(e5yth Cir. 1997) (citing , 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir. 1977)); , 804 F. App'x 277 , 278 (5th Cir. 2020) (finding that medical records established that prisoner received treatment, reducing his claim to a disagreement about the treatment provided).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Abbas Khoshdel .M.D., Llyod Aschberger, Terri Pursley, and Jamie Williams v. Charles Goosby
Tex. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
“An inmate’s disagreement with the kind of medical treatment that he has received is insufficient as a matter of law to state an Eighth Amendment violation.” Khoshdel v. Goosby Page 9 County of El Paso v. Dorado, 180 S.W.3d 854, 868 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2005, pet. denied) (citing Norton v. Dimazana, 122 F.3d 286, 291 (5th Cir. 1997), and Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir. 1977)); see Lagaite v. Uy, 347 S.W.3d 890, 892 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2011, no pet.) (“While it is true that inmates are entitled to medical care, they are not entitled to the type of care they choose.”) (cit…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Young v. Adams
W.D. Tex. · 2010 · confidence medium
Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977); Spears v. McCotter, 766 F.2d 179, 181 (5th Cir.1985).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Kennedy v. Potter
5th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Norton v. Dimazana, 122 F.3d 286, 292 (5th Cir.1997) (citing Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) County of El Paso v. Dorado
Tex. App. · 2006 · confidence medium
Norton v. Dimazana, 122 F.3d 286, 291 (5th Cir.1997); Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977).
cited Cited as authority (rule) County of El Paso v. Dorado
Tex. App. · 2005 · confidence medium
Norton v. Dimazana , 122 F.3d 286, 291 (5th Cir. 1997); Young v. Gray , 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir. 1977).
cited Cited as authority (rule) County of El Paso v. Dorado
Tex. App. · 2005 · confidence medium
Norton v. Dimazana , 122 F.3d 286, 291 (5th Cir. 1997); Young v. Gray , 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir. 1977).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Joseph H. Norton v. E.U. Dimazana, M.D. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
5th Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977); Spears v. McCotter, 766 F.2d 179, 181 (5th Cir.1985).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Joseph H. NORTON v. E.U. DIMAZANA, M.D.; Texas Department of Criminal Justice
unknown court · confidence medium
Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977); Spears v. McCotter, 766 F.2d 179, 181 (5th Cir.1985).
cited Cited "see" LaCour v. Beauregard Parish
W.D. La. · 2022 · signal: see · confidence high
See Norton v. Dimazana, 122 F.3d 286, 292 (5th Cir.1997), citing Young v. Gray, 560 F.2d 201, 201 (5th Cir.1977); Spears v. McCotter, 766 F.2d 179, 181 (5th Cir.1985).
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Calvin YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Ralph GRAY, Individually and as Medical Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee
77-1493.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sep 30, 1977.
560 F.2d 201
1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11331
Calvin Young, pro se., John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Ben M. Harrison, Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., Art Kei-narth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, Tex., for defendant-appellee.
Goldberg, Clark, Fay.
Cited by 15 opinions  |  Published
PER CURIAM:

Appellant Calvin Young is a Texas prisoner. In his handwritten, pro se complaint he alleged that he fell from a trailer and injured his head. He acknowledged that the prison medical authorities provided treatment for the resulting headaches but denied that their treatment was adequate. He asserted that the improper treatment violated the eighth and fourteenth amendments and that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provided him a remedy. The district court dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

A prisoner does not state an eighth amendment claim by alleging “an inadvertent failure to provide adequate medical care”. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 105, 97 S.Ct. 285, 292, 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). Rather, “a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.” Id. Appellant’s allegations, less extensive than those found wanting in Gamble, fail to meet these standards. Here, as in Gamble, the bare allegation that the doctor should have undertaken additional diagnostic measures does not state an eighth amendment claim.

AFFIRMED.