· 7/9/2003
Pagels v. Morrison
Citations
- 335 F.3d 736
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 13717
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that an official was not deliberately indifferent where he searched cells in an unsuccessful effort to alleviate an inmate’s risk
- finding that an official did not have knowledge of a risk when he interpreted information about a fight as a common request for a room move
- “[T]o act with deliberate indifference, [defendants] must have recklessly disregarded a known, excessive risk of serious harm to [plaintiff’s] safety”
- negligence, and even gross negligence, are insufficient to establish a failure to protect claim
- negligence, and even gross negligence, is insufficient to establish a failure to protect claim
- negligence does not establish a failure to protect claim
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