The following excerpt is from Norwood v. Woodford, 583 F.Supp.2d 1200 (S.D. Cal. 2008):
omissions must deprive an inmate of the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities." Allen v. Sakai, 48 F.3d 1082, 1088 (9th Cir.1995) (internal citations omitted). The subjective requirement, relating to the prison official's state of mind, requires "deliberate indifference." Id. at 1087.
A. Objective Component of the Eighth Amendment Claim
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