Court Opinion

ID: 9477631
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:27:43.100453+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:58.276826
License: Public Domain

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring in remand:
I concur in granting IFP and remanding this case for further development of Thomas’s claims for false arrest, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and illegal search and seizure. I would deny IFP status, however, on the issue of deliberate denial of medical care because Thomas fails to allege any actual injury and claims no actual damages. The substance of this issue turns only upon the district court’s reliance on Estelle v. Gamble, which involved the rights of convicted prisoners rather than on Cupit v. Jones, which states the proper standard applied to pretrial detainees. Even assuming that the district court had applied the correct standard, however, it is most unlikely that Thomas could prevail on the merits, and this claim could properly have been dismissed under section 1915(d). We should not take up further court time on this issue.