Seventh Circuit· 1/24/2020

Matthew Labrec v. Lindsay Walker

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948 F.3d 836

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recognizing that, to be deliberately indifferent, a prison employee “must have actual, not merely constructive” notice of the risk of harm
holding a jury could find prison guard’s actual knowledge of a specific risk when the plaintiff repeatedly told the officers that he felt unsafe, and the guards knew the cellmate had previously assaulted a prior cellmate.
holding a jury could find prison guards’ actual knowledge of a specific risk when the plaintiff repeatedly told them he felt unsafe with a cellmate who was intimidating and acting erratically, and the guards knew the cellmate had previously assaulted a prior roommate
to be deliberately indifferent prison employee “must have actual, not merely constructive” notice of the risk of harm
to be deliberately indifferent prison employee “must have actual, not merely constructive” notice of the risk of harm
to be deliberately indifferent prison employee “must have actual, not merely constructive” notice of the risk of harm

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Judges: Rovner

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