Does a prisoner's claim of inadequate medical care constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Whitfield v. Greenman, CASE NO. 1:11-cv-01130-SKO PC (E.D. Cal. 2012):
To constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment, prison conditions must involve "the wanton and unnecessary infliction of pain." Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347, 101 S.Ct. 2392 (1981). A prisoner's claim of inadequate medical care does not rise to the level of an Eighth Amendment violation unless (1) "the prison official deprived the prisoner
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