Is a prisoner's medical records sufficient to constitute a claim for deliberate indifference?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wheeler v. Marengo, Case No.: 18-CV-360-AJB(WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
instructions of a prisoner's treating physician are sufficient to state a claim for deliberate indifference." Wakefield v. Thompson, 177 F.3d 1160, 1165 (9th Cir. 1999).
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