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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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