Serna v. Colorado Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the plaintiff \must point to evidence that would establish [the defendant] knew he was creating a situation that created a substantial risk of constitutional harm\ to establish the defendant acted with deliberate indifference
• explaining that the plaintiff “must point to evidence that would establish [the defendant] knew he was creating a situation that created a substantial risk of constitutional harm” to establish the defendant acted with deliberate indifference
• holding supervisory liability must be based upon active unconstitutional behavior and more than a mere right to control employees
• noting that the court “can infer malicious, sadistic intent from . . . conduct itself where ‘there can be no legitimate purpose’ for the officers’ conduct”
• noting that the court “can infer malicious, sadistic intent from . . . conduct itself where there can be no legitimate purpose for the officers’ conduct”
• “explaining that the plaintiff ‘must point to evidence that would establish [the defendant] knew he was creating a situation that created a substantial risk of constitutional harm’' to establish the defendant acted with deliberate indifference”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).