Medical care for detainees
Congious v. Aaron Ivy Shaw, DO
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Chasity Congious, acting for her deceased daughter, asks the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s rejection of a pretrial detainee’s medical-care claim under a subjective rather than an objective standard.
- What's at stake
- The Supreme Court has not decided which test applies to Congious’s claim, leaving that issue unresolved in her case.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition was distributed for a conference; that step alone does not mean the Court agreed to hear it.
Federal appeals courts disagree about whether these medical-care claims require a subjective or objective test.
Question presented
Whether a pretrial detainee’s Due Process Clause denial of medical care claim is governed by a subjective standard, as held by the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, or by an objective standard, as held by the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits.
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s Oct. 16, 2026, conference. The Court must decide whether to hear it, but the conference listing does not guarantee a decision date.
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