Robert J. Pierson v. William Hartley, Supervisor, Dawn MacMillan Terrell Triggs, in Their Official and Individual Capacities

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• holding that negligence, incompetence, and medical malpractice do not amount to deliberate indifference
• finding that negligence does not amount to deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment
• upholding jury verdict for plaintiff who was assaulted and seriously injured by another inmate the defendants assigned to plaintiff’s dormitory despite knowledge of inmate’s history of violent conduct and recent possession of a weapon in facility
• “deliberate indifference requires evidence that an official actually knew of a substantial risk of serious harm and consciously disregarded it nonetheless”
• a plaintiff must show that the official “actually knew of” a dangerous condition and “consciously disregarded it nonetheless”
• “deliberate indifference requires evidence that an official actually knew of a sub- stantial risk of serious harm and consciously disregarded it nonetheless”

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