The following excerpt is from Christensen v. Lewis, 26 F.3d 129 (9th Cir. 1994):
To prevail on a claim that the conditions of confinement violate the Eighth Amendment, a prisoner must prove that prison officials deliberately failed to provide for or were deliberately indifferent to his basic needs for adequate food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, medical care, or personal safety. Wilson v. Seiter, 111 S.Ct. 2321, 2323, 2326-27 (1991).
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