And third, he must demonstrate that prison officials were "deliberately indifferent to his plight."

Here it was "obvious" that the Alabama prison guards were deliberately indifferent to Hope's health or safety.

They still should have done a proper patent search, but if not, they would have been deliberately indifferent.

Mr. Rudin said his letter seeks the emails to support one claim in Mr. Collins' lawsuit alleging that Mr. Hynes was "deliberately indifferent" to misconduct by his office.

Another officer was found guilty of being "deliberately indifferent" to the doctor's medical needs after he was shot.

A Georgia school may be forced to pay damages to a fifth-grade girl, the Supreme Court decided, if she can prove that school officials were "deliberately indifferent" to her torment.

The government also found that jail officials were deliberately indifferent to inmates' medical needs; failed to provide routine medical care in a timely manner and failed to manage inmates' medication and medical records.

"We hope to show that the State of Florida is deliberately indifferent to pain," Mr. McClain said.

Finally, he accused the State Department of Corrections of being "deliberately indifferent" to conditions in the jail because it was so eager to save money.

You may argue that it makes little difference to an inmate whether the warden is deliberately indifferent, or just has no funds or authority to provide constitutional custodial conditions.