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Abstract: 

Our regular review of important court decisions includes three cases. In United States v. Estevez-Ulloa, the 3rd Circuit ruled that an inmate who refuses the COVID-19 vaccine cannot be granted compassionate release for fear of contracting the disease while in prison. In Johnson v. Dominguez, the 7th Circuit found the case record lacked evidence to support a charge that medical defendants’ non-surgical treatment amounted to deliberate indifference. And in Christian v. United States, a federal district court denied summary judgment and has allowed inmate Christian’s lawsuit to proceed in a case over the South Carolina Bureau of Prisons delaying for over four months an appointment to see a specialist resulted in the loss of an eye—and a finding of gross negligence.

Keywords: COVID-19 Early Release; Hernia Treatment; Delayed Treatment

Affiliations:  1: Ohio Supreme Court Library.