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RHINEHART v. SCUTT

No. 17-2166.

894 F.3d 721 (2018)

Lewis RHINEHART and David L. Rhinehart, Joint Personal Representatives for the Estate of Kenneth A. Rhinehart, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Debra L. SCUTT, Warden, Defendant, Adam Edelman, M.D.; Vernon Stevenson, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 28, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul J. Zalewski , THE ZALEWSKI LAW FIRM, Warren, Michigan, for Appellant. Kevin A. McQuillan , CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Paul J. Zalewski , THE ZALEWSKI LAW FIRM, Warren, Michigan, for Appellant. Kevin A. McQuillan , Ronald W. Chapman , Carly Van Thomme , CHAPMAN LAW GROUP, Troy, Michigan, for Appellees.

BUSH, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which THAPAR, J., joined, and MOORE, J., joined in part. MOORE, J. (pp. 41-55), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

The Eighth Amendment bars the "inflict[ion]" of "cruel and unusual punishments." U.S. Const. amend. VIII. This case addresses how that constitutional provision applies to the medical treatment rendered by two prison doctors to an inmate who suffered from end-stage liver disease ("ESLD").

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