Seventh Circuit· 5/10/1999

Orrin S. Reed v. Daniel McBride

Citations

178 F.3d 849
1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 8775
1999 WL 288499

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noting courts look at the amount and duration of a deprivation
repeated deprivations of food and medication for three to five days at a time could not be considered isolated examples of neglect
when inmate complained about severe deprivations but was ignored, he established a “prototypical case of deliberate indifference.”
when inmate complained about severe deprivations but was ignored, he established a “prototypical case of deliberate indifference.”
where inmate complained about severe deprivations but was ignored, he established a “prototypical case of deliberate indifference.”
“[A] prison official’s knowledge of prison conditions learned from an inmate’s communication can . . . require the officer to exercise his authority and to take the needed action to investigate, and if necessary, to rectify the offending condition.”

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Judges: Posner, Flaum, Easterbrook

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