Whelchel v. City of Covington, 529 U.S. 1067 (2000). · Go Syfert
Whelchel v. City of Covington, 529 U.S. 1067 (2000). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“the fourteenth amendment right of pretrial detainees, like the eighth amendment right of convicted prisoners, requires that government officials not be deliberately indifferent to any serious medical needs of the detainee.”
14 citation events (10 in the last 25 years) across 9 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Gene A. Young, Sr., Individually, and as of the Estate of Gene A. Young, Jr. Phyllis Young v. City of Mount Ranier Jody Shegan, Sergeant, Mount Ranier Police Department Prince George's County Sheriff's Office Raymond Bunner, Deputy Sheriff, Prince George's County Sheriff's Department City of Cottage City Robert Szabo, and Prince George's County Cottage City Police Department Prince George's Hospital Center (ca4, 2001-01-31)
Top citers, strongest first. 2 distinct citers. How cited ↗
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Gene A. Young, Sr., Individually, and as of the Estate of Gene A. Young, Jr. Phyllis Young v. City of Mount Ranier Jody Shegan, Sergeant, Mount Ranier Police Department Prince George's County Sheriff's Office Raymond Bunner, Deputy Sheriff, Prince George's County Sheriff's Department City of Cottage City Robert Szabo, and Prince George's County Cottage City Police Department Prince George's Hospital Center
4th Cir. · 2001 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
the fourteenth amendment right of pretrial detainees, like the eighth amendment right of convicted prisoners, requires that government officials not be deliberately indifferent to any serious medical needs of the detainee.
discussed Cited "see" Donovan v. Poway Unified School District
Cal. Ct. App. · 2008 · signal: see · confidence high
Under federal law, deliberate indifference is a “ ‘very high standard.’ ” (Baynard v. Malone (4th Cir. 2001) 268 F.3d 228, 236 ; see Grayson v. Peed (4th Cir. 1999) 195 F.3d 692 , 695, cert. denied 529 U.S. 1067 [ 146 L.Ed.2d 482 , 120 S.Ct. 1673 ].) Actions that in hindsight are “unfortunate” or even “imprudent” will not suffice.
Retrieving the full opinion text from the archive…
Whelchel
v.
City of Covington
No. 99-1340.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Apr 17, 2000.
529 U.S. 1067

C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.