What constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in prison?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Pree v. Campbell, No. 2:14-cv-1955 DAD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):

1983 unless the mistreatment rises to the level of "deliberate indifference to serious medical needs." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976). In general, deliberate indifference may be shown when prison officials deny, delay, or intentionally interfere with medical treatment, or may be shown by the way in which prison officials provide medical care. Hutchinson v. United States, 838 F.2d 390, 393-94 (9th Cir. 1988).

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