Dale v. Poston

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• concluding that a prisoner’s vague statements were inadequate to put guards on notice of risk of harm
• holding that prison officials cannot be blamed for an assault that occurred because the plaintiff refused their offer of protective custody
• holding that the plaintiff's \vague statements\ that failed \to alert the officers to the fact that there was a true threat at play\ were insufficient to show the requisite knowledge
• recognizing failure- to-protect theory but affirming summary judgment for failure to offer evidence of defendant’s actual knowledge of threat
• recognizing failure- to-protect theory but affirming summary judgment for failure to offer evidence of defendant’s actual knowledge of threat
• recognizing failure- to-protect theory but affirming summary judgment for failure to offer evidence of defendant’s actual knowledge of threat

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