Can a plaintiff bring a claim for deliberate indifference?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ballesteros v. Cruz, Case No. 1:15-cv-01689 DLB (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Plaintiff appears to simply disagree with his treatment, which is insufficient to state a claim for deliberate indifference. "A difference of opinion between a physician and the prisoner - or between medical professionals - concerning what medical care is appropriate does not amount to deliberate indifference." Snow v. McDaniel, 681 F.3d 978, 987 (9th Cir. 2012) (citing Sanchez v.
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