Robert Jackson v. Savell Everett

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining deliberate indifference first requires an inquiry into whether the defendant knew of a risk and then, whether there is evidence the defendant “recklessly disregarded that risk”
• “[A prison guard’s] failure to take additional security measurers, even if arguably negligent, cannot constitute reckless disregard of a known risk.”
• threats between inmates are common and do not always serve to impute actual knowledge of a substantial risk of harm
• threats between inmates are common and do not always serve to impute actual knowledge of a substantial risk of harm
• . . . “‘deliberate indifference includes something more than negligence but less than actual intent to harm’; it requires proof of a reckless disregard of the known risk.”
• . . . “‘deliberate indifference includes something more than negligence but less than actual intent to harm’; it requires proof of a reckless disregard of the known risk.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).