Can prison officials be held liable for failing to protect inmates from violence by other inmates?

Prison officials have a duty to protect prisoners from violence at the hands of other inmates. Hearns v. Terhune, 413 F.3d 1036, 1040 (9th Cir. 2005) (citations and quotations omitted). "The failure of prison officials to protect inmates from attacks by other inmates may rise to the level of an Eighth Amendment violation when: (1) the deprivation alleged is objectively, sufficiently serious and (2) the prison officials had a sufficiently culpable state of mind, acting with deliberate

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