Hill v. Curcione
- Decided
- September 15, 2011
- Docket
- 17-3550
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- concluding that officials were not deliberately indifferent to medical needs of prisoner who wanted stronger pain medication — Brown v. Cade (2017)
- concluding that officials were not deliberately indifferent to the medical needs of a prisoner who wanted stronger pain medication — Riddick v. Maurer (2018)
- holding that a prisoner who was provided Motrin and complained that he required stronger pain medication did not state a claim of deliberate indifference — Ewing v. Uconn Health (2025)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Mashama Hill appeals pro se from a March 20, 2008 order (the “Order”) dismissing his complaint as against the defendants-appellees Christopher Aikin (named in the complaint as Chris Atkins) and James E. Hohensee, M.D. (named in the complaint as James Hohensee) for failure to state a claim. Pleaded in the complaint against Hohensee and Aikin, medical care providers at the Niagara County Jail (the “Jail”), were claims for deliberate indifference to Hill’s medical needs during his incarceration at the Jail. Hill also appeals from a March 24, 2010 judgment (the “Judgment”) dismissing his claims against the remaining defendants-appellees, Paul Curcione, Jeff Chawer, and Sergeant Tammy Williams, Corrections Officers at the Jail. These claims included allegations of excessive force on the part of the named Corrections Officers during Hill’s confinement at the Jail. Both the Order and the Judgment were entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Skretny, J.), each supported by a Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Order dismissing the claims against Hohensee and Aikin and affirm the summary judgment dismissing the claim against Williams. We vacate and remand the summary judgment insofar as it dismisses the claims against Curcione and Chawer.
BACKGROUND 1.
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Hill v. Curcione, 657 F.3d 116 (2011)Read the full opinion
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