District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania January 5, 2018, CIVIL ACTION No. 17–1381 (Davis v. City of Phila.)

McHUGH, United States District Judge

Like all people who have not been found guilty of a crime, pre-trial detainees have a constitutional right to be free from punishment. This case concerns one facet of that right: detainees' right to adequate medical care, as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment's substantive due process clause.