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Eighth Circuit· 3/7/2019

Barton Roberts v. Sergeant Kopel

Citations

  • 917 F.3d 1039

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  • To prevail on an Eighth Amendment claim of deliberate indifference, a plaintiff must prove that she suffered from an objectively serious medical need and that prison officials actually knew of and deliberately disregarded that need.
  • “It is well-established that, ‘[i]f trained health care officials could not find a serious medical need in these circumstances, then we decline to hold that a reasonable lay person should have done so.’” (alteration in original
  • deliberate indifference requires a mental state “akin to criminal recklessness”
  • deliberate indifference requires a mental state “akin to criminal recklessness”
  • deliberate indifference requires a mental state “akin to criminal recklessness”
  • deliberate indifference requires a mental state “akin to criminal recklessness”

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Judges: Smith, Loken, Gruender

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