What is the test for a prisoner to prove that he was denied access to a medical opinion by the director of his own hospital?
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The following excerpt is from Beagle v. Colton, 978 F.2d 714 (9th Cir. 1992):
Finally, in order for a prisoner to show that his eighth amendment right was violated, a prisoner must demonstrate that he was treated with deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1333 (9th Cir.1990). Beagle showed no more than a difference between his medical opinion and that of the prison director.
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