What constitutes a serious medical need for a prisoner?

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. Indications that a prisoner has a serious need for medical treatment are the following: the existence of an injury that a reasonable doctor or patient would find important and worthy of comment or treatment; the presence of a medical condition that significantly affects an individual's daily activities; or the existence of chronic and substantial pain. See Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d at 1337-41 (9th Cir.1990) (citing cases).

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Based on the exhibits attached to the second amended complaint, it is clear that plaintiff is again alleging that defendants failed to provide him with reading glasses. As discussed above, the need for reading glasses does not present a serious medical need. Canell v. Multnomah County, 141 F.Supp.2d at 1057.