In what circumstances will an official be required to prove that there is a serious risk of serious harm to the medical care provided to a prisoner under the Eighth Amendment?
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The following excerpt is from Stafford v. Kramer, Case No. 1:15-cv-00038-LJO-DLB PC (E.D. Cal. 2015):
of serious harm exists, and [the official] must also draw the inference." Id. at 837; Anderson v. Cnty. of Kern, 45 F.3d 1310, 1313 (9th Cir.1995). To prove knowledge of the risk, the prisoner may rely on circumstantial evidence; in fact, the very obviousness of the risk may be sufficient to establish knowledge. Farmer, 511 U.S. at 842.
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