What is the test for establishing that an inmate has a serious medical need?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Taylor v. Johnson, Civil No. 12cv2185 GPC (PCL) (S.D. Cal. 2013):
an individual's daily activities." Id. at 1059-60. By establishing the existence of a serious medical need, an inmate satisfies the objective requirement for proving an Eighth Amendment violation. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834 (1994).
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