Eugene Langston v. Howard Peters, Iii, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Lt. Ernest Clark, Gilberto Romero, Jr., and Lt. Lonnie Austin

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• recognizing that deliberate indifference can be based upon jailer’s knowledge of inmates likely to be targeted by gangs
• holding that the defendants’ subjective motive behind the delay was irrelevant where the delay was not sufficiently serious to violate the defendants’ Eighth Amendment rights
• concluding that a one-to-two-hour delay in medical care for a possible fracture was reasonable because “the public often waits longer at hospital emergency rooms.”
• recognizing that deliberate indifference can be based upon jailer’s knowledge of inmates likely to be targeted by gangs
• concluding that two-hour delay in receiving emergency medical care for a fracture did not amount to a constitutional violation, as “the public often waits longer at hospital emergency rooms”
• indicating that \for liability to exist the medical need must be objectively serious\

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