What is the test for a prison official to be able to determine whether there is an excessive risk to the health or safety of an inmate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harbridge v. Hickman, Case No. 1:10-cv-00473-AWI-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Second, subjectively, the prison official must "know of and disregard an excessive risk to inmate health or safety." Id. at 837; Anderson v. County of Kern, 45 F.3d 1310, 1313 (9th Cir. 1995).
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