McKenna v. Wright

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2004-10-18

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JON 0. NEWMAN, Senior Circuit Judge. This interlocutory appeal concerns (a) the procedural issue of whether a qualified immunity defense may be presented in a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and (b) the substantive issue of whether a qualified immunity defense is valid on such a motion in the context of a prisoner’s claim for inadequate medical treatment for Hepatitis C Virus (“H…

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