What is the test for a claim for deliberate indifference to an inmate's serious medical needs?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Washington v. Artus, 16-1034-pr (2nd Cir. 2017):

To prevail on a claim for deliberate indifference to an inmate's serious medical needs, a plaintiff must prove that (1) objectively, the alleged deprivation of medical care was "sufficiently serious," and (2) subjectively, that the defendants acted or failed to act "while actually aware of a substantial risk that serious inmate harm will result." Salahuddin v. Goord, 467 F.3d 263, 279-80 (2d Cir. 2006). Washington argues that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in two

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