Legal Opinion
Farmer v. Brennan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1994No. 92-7247PublishedCited by 27,306 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
A prison official’s “deliberate indifference” to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate violates the Eighth Amendment. See Helling v. McKinney 509 U. S. 25 (1993); Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U. S. 294 (1991); Estelle v. Gamble, 429 *829U. S. 97 (1976). This case requires us to define the term “deliberate indifference,” as we do by requiring a showing that the official was subjectively aware of the risk.
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The dispute before us stems from a civil suit brought by petitioner, Dee Farmer, alleging that respondents, federal prison officials, violated the Eighth Amendment by their deliberate…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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