To reach such a conclusion, the court creates a circuit split, substitutes the medical conclusions of federal judges for the clinical judgments of prisoners’ treating physicians, redefines the familiar “deliberate indifference” standard, and, in the end, constitutionally enshrines precise and partisan treatment criteria in what is a new, rapidly changing, and highly controversial area of medical practice. [read post]

Nursing staff failed to take appropriate action and abandoned McNulty by placing him back in his cell and not returning him to the medical clinic or having him emergently transported to a hospital. [read post]