The following excerpt is from Burnett v. Meyst, Case No.: 1:12-cv-01694-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
The Eighth Amendment requires that prison officials take reasonable measures for the safety of prisoners. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994). In particular, prison officials have a duty to
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