Marcus Craig v. Brittany Greene, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment in Marcus Craig’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to a serious medical need. The court held that the record did not support a reasonable inference that the defendants were personally responsible for a constitutional deprivation or acted with deliberate indifference. The court also declined to consider an ADA claim raised for the first time in the summary-judgment response and directed entry of judgment for Defendants.

Holdings

1. Craig could not add or pursue an ADA claim through his summary-judgment response because the screened complaint stated only an Eighth Amendment claim, defendants lacked fair notice of the proposed claim, and Craig had not sought reconsideration or leave to amend.
2. Defendants were entitled to summary judgment because no reasonable juror could find that they were deliberately indifferent to Craig's serious medical need or that they caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.
3. Summary judgment was appropriate because the record presented no genuine dispute of material fact and defendants were entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

Questions Presented

1. Whether defendants were deliberately indifferent under the Eighth Amendment to Craig's serious medical need.
2. Whether Craig could raise an ADA claim for the first time in his response to defendants' summary-judgment motion.
3. Whether the evidence created a genuine dispute of material fact concerning defendants' personal involvement in any constitutional deprivation.

Disposition

other