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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 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 Livell Figgs v. Alex Dawson.

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1 Livell Figgs v. Alex Dawson Anchor
ca7 · 2016
green “incarceration beyond the date when a person is entitled to be released violates the eighth amendment if it is the product of deliberate indifference.” 11
2 Viilo v. Eyre
ca7 · 2008
green “right must be specific to the relevant factual context ... and not generalized with respect to the amendment that is the basis of the claim.” 4

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