Does a conversation between a prisoner and medical provider concerning the appropriate course of treatment under the Eighth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Canada v. Heikel, No. 2:17-cv-1235 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
the prisoner and medical providers concerning the appropriate course of treatment does not give rise to an Eighth Amendment claim. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir. 1996).
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