What is the test for establishing "official policy" in a medical malpractice case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Legg v. Ulster Cnty., Docket No. 17-2861(L), Docket No. 17-2863 (XAP) (2nd Cir. 2020):

represent official policy, inflicts the injury." Id. at 694. Such a policy need not be formal in nature: it can be demonstrated by proof of acts that were "sufficiently widespread and persistent to support a finding that they constituted a custom, policy, or usage of which supervisory authorities must have been aware." Jones v. Town of E. Haven, 691 F.3d 72, 81 (2d Cir. 2012). A custom, policy, or usage may also be "inferred from evidence of deliberate indifference of supervisory officials to such abuses." Id.

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