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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Revels v. Vincenz.

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1 Revels v. Vincenz Anchor
ca8 · 2004
green “although an involuntarily committed patient of a state hospital is not a prisoner per se, his confinement is subject to the same safety and security concerns as that of a prisoner.” 11
2 Young v. Selk
ca8 · 2007
green “objectively, sufficiently serious,' under the first requirement when the official's failure to protect resulted in the inmate being 'incarcerated under conditions posing a substantial risk of serious harm.” 10
3 Marc Hall v. Ramsey County
ca8 · 2015
green “government officials have 'an unquestioned duty to provide reasonable safety for all residents and personnel within an institution' where people are involuntarily committed.” 5

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