What is the test for a plaintiff to prove that a prison official acted with deliberate indifference to the health and safety of an inmate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Low v. Barnes, No. 2:15-cv-0330 TLN KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1132-33 (9th Cir. 2000). To act with deliberate indifference, a prison official must know of and disregard an excessive risk to inmate health or safety. Farmer, 511 U.S. at 837; Thomas v. Ponder, 611 F.3d 1144, 1151-52 (9th Cir. 2010). Thus, to demonstrate deliberate indifference, a plaintiff must show that defendants "had actual knowledge
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