Does the Eighth Amendment require that prisoners receive qualified access to health care?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Patterson v. Kern Cnty. Sheriff's Office, CASE NO. 1:12-CV-0132-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Plaintiff fails to state a medical deliberate indifference claim against Defendant. The Eighth Amendment does not require that prisoners receive "unqualified access to health care." Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 9 (1992).
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