What is the test for a claim against a prison official under the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Avery v. Nangalama, Case No. 2:08-cv-02873-MSB (E.D. Cal. 2011):
There are two requirements for stating a claim against a prison official under the Eighth Amendment: (1) an objective requirement that "the deprivation alleged... be sufficiently serious," Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994) (internal quotation marks
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