Can a prison official be held liable under Section 1983 of the Eighth Amendment for failing to provide adequate medical care to an inmate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Villery v. Grannis, Case No. 1:10-cv-01022-RRB (E.D. Cal. 2013):
18. See Farmer, 511 U.S. at 847 (a prison official violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against inhumane conditions of confinement only if he or she knows of a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate and fails to take reasonable measures to avoid the harm); Berg v. Kincheloe, 794 F.2d 457, 460 (9th Cir.1986) (prison officials liable under 1983 if they act with deliberate indifference to the prisoner's plight).
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