What is the test for a plaintiff to succeed on an Eighth Amendment claim based on denial of medical care?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Linson v. Hoffmeister, No. 2:12-cv-2303 EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2013):
To succeed on an Eighth Amendment claim predicated on the denial of medical care, a plaintiff must establish that he had a serious medical need and that the defendant's response to that need was deliberately indifferent. Jett v. Penner, 439 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir. 2006); see
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