Is a medical malpractice or negligence sufficient to establish constitutional deprivation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Sangha, Civil No. 14cv2828 GPC (PCL) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
medical malpractice or negligence are insufficient to establish a constitutional deprivation. Simmons v. Navajo County, 609 F.3d 1011, 1019 (9th Cir. 2010) (citing Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1060 (9th Cir. 2004)).
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