The following excerpt is from Evans v. Beck, CASE NO. 1:12-CV-00284-AWI-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
955 F.Supp. 945, 949 (N.D.Ill. 1997). A merely negligent failure to discover or respond to the threat does not support a deliberate indifference claim. Watts v. Laurent, 774 F.2d 168, 172 (7th Cir. 1985).
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