Does a conversation between a prisoner and a medical professional concerning what medical care is appropriate amount to deliberate indifference?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Singletary v. Duffy, No. 2:15-cv-1231 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
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. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir. 1989)).
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