The following excerpt is from B.T.H. v. Cnty. of Modoc, No. 2:20-cv-00566-JAM-DMC (E.D. Cal. 2020):
In asserting a medical care claim against an individual defendant under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, a pretrial detainee must allege: (1) the defendant made an intentional decision with respect to the conditions under which plaintiff was confined; (2) the conditions put the plaintiff at substantial risk of suffering serious harm; (3) the defendant did not take reasonable available measures to abate that risk, even though a reasonable official in the circumstances would have appreciated the high degree of risk involved-making the consequences of the defendant's conduct obvious; and (4) by not taking such measures, the defendant caused the plaintiff's injuries. Gordon v. City of Orange, 888 F.3d 1118, 1125 (9th Cir. 2018).
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