The following excerpt is from Burghardt v. Borges, 1:17-cv-01433-AWI-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2019):
"Deliberate indifference is a high legal standard." Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1060 (9th Cir. 2004). "Under this standard, the prison official must not only 'be aware of the facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists,' but
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