Vallario v. Vandehey

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · Decided 2009-02-04

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BALDOCK, Circuit Judge. The Eighth Amendment, as incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, precludes state prison officials from “knowingly and unreasonably disregarding an objectively intolerable risk of harm” to inmate health or safety. See Farmer v. Brennan, <a href="/opinion/1087956/farmer-v-brennan/#846" aria-description="Citation for case: Farm…

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