What constitutes a serious medical need under the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gilbert v. Allison, Case No.: 1:19-cv-01464-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2019):
A prisoner's need for mental health treatment may constitute a serious medical need within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment "if the failure to treat [the] prisoner's condition could result in further significant injury or the 'unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.'" Doty v. County of Lassen, 37 F.3d 540, 546 (9th Cir. 1994) (citations omitted.)
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