What is the standard of care provided by a prison official for failing to respond to a prisoner's pain or possible medical need?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cordell v. Robert, No. 2:15-cv-0992 TLN CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
or failure to respond to a prisoner's pain or possible medical need and (b) harm caused by the indifference. Id. Under this standard, the prison official must not only "be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists," but that person "must also draw the inference." Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 (1994). This "subjective approach" focuses only "on what a defendant's mental attitude actually was." Id. at 839.
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