The following excerpt is from Cunha v. Cal. Forensic Med. Grp., CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00094-DAD-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Conditions of confinement claims brought by pretrial detainees are analyzed under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment rather than the Eighth Amendment. Oregon Advocacy Center v. Mink, 322 F.3d 1101, 1120 (9th Cir. 2003). The standard applicable to a pretrial detainee's claim for conditions of confinement and
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