What is the legal test for deliberate indifference by a prison officer to treat a patient with a broken leg?
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The following excerpt is from Crisp v. Wasco State Prison, 1:13-cv-00815-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Deliberate indifference is shown where the official is aware of a serious medical need and fails to adequately respond. Simmons, 609 F.3d at 1018. "Deliberate indifference is a high legal standard." Id., at 1019; Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1060 (9th Cir. 2004). The prison official must be aware of facts from which he could make an inference that "a substantial risk of serious harm exists" and he must make the inference. Farmer, 511 U.S. at 837.
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