Francis Brauner v. Shirley Coody, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 12390

Brauner is a paraplegic inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary with chronic pressure ulcers and osteomyelitis.
Defendants include Assistant Wardens Shirley Coody and Kenneth Norris and doctors Jonathan Roundtree, Jason Collins, and David Hal McMurdo.
Prison staff treated Brauner since January 2011; his condition was known and significant.
Brauner alleges deliberate indifference to serious medical needs under the Eighth Amendment; the district court denied qualified immunity, which the Fifth Circuit reversed.
The court held the record does not support deliberate indifference and granted judgment for the defendants.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether Brauner shows deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment.	Brauner shows persistent, unreasonable neglect of care.	Doctors and wardens provided medical treatment and oversight.	No; record shows no deliberate indifference.
Whether the district court properly denied qualified immunity given the record.	Qualified immunity should be denied due to disputed facts.	No genuine issues of material fact; actions were reasonable.	Yes; qualified immunity applies.
Whether supervisory liability can attach for wound-care concerns.	Wardens failed to supervise subordinates adequately.	Doctors controlled treatment; no deliberate indifference by supervisors.	Not viable; no evidence of supervisor deliberate indifference.

Gobert v. Caldwell, 463 F.3d 339 (5th Cir. 2006) (negligence present, but not deliberate indifference when records show continued care)
Stewart v. Murphy, 174 F.3d 530 (5th Cir. 1999) (negligence not equal to deliberate indifference in pressure-sore cases)
Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (U.S. 1976) (deliberate indifference requires serious medical need awareness and disregard)
Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825 (U.S. 1994) (deliberate indifference standard; high bar for prison officials)