Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2005No. 03-1348PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORFILIO, Senior Circuit Judge.
In Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994), the Court decided “a prison official may be held liable under the Eighth Amendment for denying humane conditions of confinement only if he knows that inmates face a substantial risk of serious harm and disregards that risk by failing to take reasonable measures to abate it.” In this case, the district court concluded plaintiff failed to meet her burden of establishing a constitutional violation by presenting evidence jail officials knew of the substantial risk of physical harm to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Barney v. PulsipherCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Genaro Lopez v. Kenneth Lemaster, Individually and as Sheriff of Jackson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Elizabeth Hannula v. City of Lakewood and Jane Doe, and Don LivelyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by68 opinions
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- Mata v. SaizCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Estate of Marvin L. Booker v. GomezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
- Lucente v. County of SuffolkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2020
- Tafoya v. SalazarCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
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