What is the test for an Eighth Amendment claim for inhumane conditions of confinement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Soriano v. Spearman, No. 2:17-cv-1617 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
To allege an Eighth Amendment claim for inhumane conditions of confinement, a prisoner must show that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to a substantial risk of harm to his health or safety. See, e.g., Farmer, 511 U.S. at 847; Thomas v. Ponder, 611 F.3d 1144, 1150-51 (9th Cir. 2010). "Deliberate indifference describes a state of mind more blameworthy
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