WASHINGTON (CN) — Next week at the Supreme Court, a Honolulu paramedic will ask the justices for help snuffing out a $3 million lawsuit for denying medical treatment to an inmate at a federal detention center.
Francis Nielsen also suggested the high court should use his case to shut down one of the only pathways available for remedying rights violations by government officials. The request might be an appealing opportunity for the court to finally rid itself of a 55-year-old precedent on the brink of extinction and put an end to what some justices have viewed as judicial policymaking.
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