Which Supreme Court case established that an inmate must demonstrate that the prison official(s) were deliberately indifferent to "substantial risk of serious harm" to the inmate in order to establish liability under the Eighth Amendment?

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Farmer v. Brennan (1994) established the deliberate indifference standard for Eighth Amendment claims by stating that a prison official may be held liable only if they were subjectively aware of a substantial risk of serious harm to the inmate and deliberately disregarded that risk. This standard requires more than negligence on the part of the official, but rather a higher level of culpability.

Which Supreme Court Case Established That an Inmate Must Demonstrate