Glanville’s alleged that individual medical providers and correctional officers ignored symptoms of an aneurysm he suffered while in the Bartlett State Jail, leaving him brain damaged and unable to work. Slip op. at 1-2. The issue before District Court was whether Glanville had stated a viable section 1983 claim against Nicole Pitts, a prison nurse who briefly participated in his care. Id. at 3 and 5-6. To overcome Pitts’ qualified immunity, this required factual allegations regarding “conduct on the part of Pitts amounting to deliberate indifference to Glanville’s medical needs.” Id. at 7. The District Court determined that the scant references to Pitts in Glanville’s complaint did not approach that heightened pleading standard; therefore, the District Court dismissed the claims against Pitts. Id. at 9.
