The following excerpt is from Hall v. Guila, Civil No. 11 cv2661 BEN (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2012):
include "the presence of a medical condition that significantly affects 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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