SARAH LANDISE v. THOMAS MAURO.

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• concluding jail employees “had fair warning about the constitutionality of a failure to provide [prescribed] pain medication”
• finding that prison deputies were aware of inmate’s serious medical needs where inmate himself explained his condition and need for medication to each deputy
• finding that jail deputies and nurse knew of inmate’s medical need when he “explained his condition, severe pain, and need for medication” to each of them
• stating that the Court “may infer that an official knows of a substantial risk to a plaintiff’s health when the risk is obvious” (citing Coleman v. Rahija, 114 F.3d 778, 786 (8th Cir. 1997))
• delaying treatment or examinations can amount to a constitutional violation when the underlying condition is “medically serious or painful” (quotation marks omitted)
• stating “no bright line exists” as to what length of delay may give rise to a viable constitutional claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).