· 12/15/2003
John Carter v. James Galloway
Citations
- 352 F.3d 1346
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 25220
- 2003 WL 22938549
How courts have described this case
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- holding that there must be much more than mere awareness of an inmate’s generally problematic nature
- holding that there must be much more than mere awareness of an inmate’s generally problematic nature
- holding that jail officials’ generalized awareness that an inmate was a violence-prone troublemaker was not enough to show they were subjectively aware that he posed a substantial risk of serious harm to the plaintiff
- holding that “much more” than mere awareness of generally problematic nature is required
- explaining that deliberate indifference requires “much more than mere awareness” of the “generally problematic nature” of an issue
- noting that a generalized awareness of risk that an inmate is problematic may satisfy an objective standard or negligence, but it does not satisfy the subjective standard required
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Judges: Edmondson, Cox, Paul
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