Battista v. Clarke

How courts have described this case

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• acknowledging that , the effects of treatment decisions may be relevant to consideration of the subjective component of the Eighth Amendment
• noting that deliberate indifference may be shown by a “wanton disregard [for the prisoner’s medical needs] sufficiently evidenced by denial, delay, or interference with prescribed health care”
• “[S]ecurity considerations also matter at prisons ... and administrators have to balance conflicting demands.”
• “In the end, there is enough in this record to support the district court’s conclusion that ‘deliberate indifference’ has been established — or an unreasonable professional judgment exercised — even though it does not rest on any established sinister motive or ‘purpose to do harm.’ ”

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