What is the test for proving deliberate indifference by an inmate to a prison official?
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The following excerpt is from Meeks v. Nunez, Case NO. 13cv973-GPC(BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
As for showing a prison official's "deliberate indifference," an inmate must first show that the prison official was aware of a "substantial risk of serious harm" to the inmate's health or safety. Thomas v. Ponder, 611 F .3d 1144, 1150 (9th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted). Second, an inmate must show that a prison official had "no 'reasonable' justification for the deprivation, in spite of that risk." Id. (citation omitted).
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