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f i c i a l s i n hi s 42 U . S . C . § 1983 a c t i on a l l e gi ng vi ol a t i ons of the E i ghth A m e ndm e nta r i s i ng f r om i na de qua t e a nd de l a y e d m e di c a l tr e a tm e ntf ol l ow i ng af

ooti nj urys uf

f e r e d w hi l e he w a s pl a y i ng h a n db a ll in th e p r is o n r e c r e a tio n a l y a r d . W e h a v e ju r is d ic tio n u n d e r2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . W e r e v ie w d e n o v o ad is tr ic t c o u rt’s s u m m a ryju d g m e n t. Mo rr is o n v . H a ll , 2 6 1 F. 3 d8 9 6 , 9 0 0 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 1 ) . W e a f f i rm. T he di stri ctcourtprop er l y e nt er ed sum m ary j ud gm entbecause D uart e f ai l ed t o e s t abl i s h the e xi s t e nc e of age nui ne i s s ue of

f a c ttha te i the rde f

e nda nt s G i l l or B evan act ed w i th d el i bera t e i nd i ff er ence by re qu i ri ng hi m t o w al k, att i m es u n a s s is te d , o n h is b r o k e n f o o t. See C onn v . C i t

yof R e no , 572 F . 3d 1047, 1055–56 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . T he r e i s i ns uf f i c i e nte vi de nc e f

r om w hi c h a n i nf

e r e nc e c oul d be d r a w n th a t as u b s ta n tia l r is ko f s e r io u s h a rm e x is te db yr e q u ir in g D u a rte to w a lk r e la tiv e lys h o rt d is ta n c e s o n h is in ju r e df o o t. M o r e o v e r , th e e v id e n c e is i nsuffi ci entt o sup po rta f i nd i ng thatei ther G i l l or B evan actual l y bel i eved that th e r e w a s as u b s ta n tia l r is ko f s e r io u s h a rm . Se e Farm e rv . B r e nnan , 511 U . S . 825, 837 ( 1994) . T hus , D ua rt e f a i l e d t o de m ons tr a t e age nui ne i s s ue of f a c tr e ga r di ng e i th e rd e f

e n d a n t s ’ s u b

j e c t i v e a w a r e n e s s o f

as u b s t a n t i a l r i s ko f

s e r i o u s h a rm. See C onn , 572 F . 3d a t1056; s e e a ls o Es te lle v . G a m b le , 4 2 9 U .S . 9 7 , 1 0 5 ( 1 9 7 6 ) .3

M or e ove r , the r e i s i ns uf f i c i e nte vi de nc e tha te i the rG i l l orB e va n f a i l e d t o r e s pond a d e q u a te lyto D u a rte ’s c o n d itio n . Se e C onn , 57 2 F . 3d at10 56 , 10 58 . D uart e w as s e e n bythe pr i s on nur s e w i thi n one houra f t e rhi s i nj ury , a nd w a s e xa m i ne d a nd treat ed atth e h o sp i t al th e n ex td ay. D u a rte ’s f

a ilu r e to s a tis f

yh is b u r d e n o f

s h o w in g th a t G ill w a s s u b je c tiv e ly aw ar e o f a se rio u s m ed ical n ee d , o r th at h e f ailed to re sp o n dad eq u ately to D u ar te’s in ju ry , e n title s G ill to ju d g m e n t a s am a tte ro f la w . See F e d . R . C iv . P . 5 6 ( c ) ( 2 ) . M oreover, because the evi dence i s s i m i l ar l y def i ci entas t o B evan, D uart e has f a ile dto d e m o n s tr a te atr iab le is s u e th a t B e v a n ’s c o n d u c t v io la te dth e E ig h th A m e n d m e n t. T h e r e f

o r e , th e d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r lyh e ldth a t B e v a n w a s e n title d to q u a lif ie dim m u n ity . Se e Sa u c ie rv . Ka tz , 53 3 U . S . 19 4, 20 1 (20 01 ). AF F I RME D.