Opinion ID: 4561306
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Heading: Officer Chavez

Text: According to the FAC, Officer Chavez observed Ortiz on January 4 when the latter “appeared sick and vomited numerous times.” App., Vol. 1 at 27. The FAC further alleges: “Mr. Ortiz informed Officer Chavez that he was withdrawing from heroin and was ‘throwing up blood.’” Id. The presence of blood in vomit makes the presence of a serious medical need more plausible and more obvious. In our view, taking the allegations as true, a jury could conclude the seriousness of the medical risks associated with vomiting blood would be obvious to any reasonable observer. See Mata v. Saiz, 427 F.3d at 752 (citing Garrett, 254 F.3d at 950).