Does deliberate indifference to medical needs constitute an Eighth Amendment violation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Cnty. of San Diego, CASE NO. 11-CV-0356-JLS (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2012):
Deliberate indifference to medical needs amounts to an Eighth Amendment violation only if the prisoner's need for medical treatment was "serious." Hudson v. McMillan, 503 U.S. 1, 9 (1992). "A 'serious' medical need exists if the failure to treat a prisoner's condition could result in further significant injury or the 'unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.'" McGuckin, 974 F.2d
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