What is the effect of denial or delay of medical care for a prisoner's serious medical needs?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brown v. CDCR Med. Sys., No. 2:17-cv-1833 CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Plaintiff is reminded that denial or delay of medical care for a prisoner's serious medical needs may constitute a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104-05 (1976). An individual is liable for such a violation only when the individual is at least deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's serious medical needs. Id.
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