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Farmer v. Brennan (view source)
Revision as of 22:18, September 17, 2007
, 22:18, September 17, 2007New page: In ''Farmer v. Brennan'', 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994), the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that a prison official's "deliberate indifference" to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmat...
In ''Farmer v. Brennan'', 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] affirmed that a prison official's "deliberate indifference" to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate violates the Eighth Amendment, citing ''Helling v. McKinney'', 509 U.S. 25 (1993); ''Wilson v. Seiter'', 501 U.S. 294 (1991); ''Estelle v. Gamble'', 429 U.S. 97 (1976), and that "deliberate indifference" required a showing that the official was subjectively aware of the risk.
The Court also noted that a prison doctor may have a constitutionally related professional obligation to communicate with superiors about seriously unsafe or unsanitary conditions in the cellblock.
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The Court also noted that a prison doctor may have a constitutionally related professional obligation to communicate with superiors about seriously unsafe or unsanitary conditions in the cellblock.
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]