The following excerpt is from Dorsey v. Paramo, Case No.: 17cv1123-CAB(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
To prevail on an Eighth Amendment claim for deprivation of humane conditions of confinement, a prisoner must satisfy two requirements: one objective and one subjective. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994). Under the objective requirement, the prison official's acts or omissions must be objectively, sufficiently serious and result in the denial of the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities. Id. (internal citations and quotations omitted). In this regard, "prison officials must ensure that inmates receive adequate food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, and must take reasonable measures to guarantee the safety of the inmates." Id. at 832 (internal quotations and citations omitted).
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