What constitutes indifference to medical care by prison officials?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Cooper v. Corr. Officer Leathem, No. 2:15-cv-0074 DAD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):

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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