What is the test for a prison official to be found guilty of violating the Eighth Amendment by depriving a prisoner of medical marijuana?
The following excerpt is from Hendon v. Reed, CASE NO. 1:05-cv-00790-OWW-SKO PC (E.D. Cal. 2011):
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishments and "embodies 'broad and idealistic concepts of dignity, civilized standards, humanity and decency.'" Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 102 (1976) (quoting Jackson v. Bishop, 404 F.2d 571, 579 (8th Cir. 1968)). A prison official violates the Eighth Amendment only when two requirements are met: (1) the objective requirement that the deprivation is "sufficiently serious, " and (2) the subjective
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