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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 97 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 Ramos v. Lamm.

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1 Ramos v. Lamm Anchor
ca10 · 1981
green “one that has been diagnosed by a physician as mandating treatment or one that is so obvious that even a lay person would easily recognize the necessity for a doctor's attention.” 56
2 Martinez v. Garden
ca10 · 2005
green “the subjective component is met if a prison official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety.” 41

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