What is the test for a prisoner to bring a claim for mental health care under the Eighth Amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Stribling v. Costa, No. 2:17-cv-1243 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):

Where a prisoner's Eighth Amendment claims arise in the context of medical care, including mental health care, the prisoner must allege and prove "acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976); see also Doty v. County of Lassen, 37 F.3d 540, 546 (9th Cir. 1994) ("[T]he requirements for mental health care are the same as those for physical health care needs."). This requires plaintiff to show (1) "a 'serious medical need' by demonstrating that 'failure to treat a prisoner's condition could result in further significant injury or the unnecessary and wanton

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