The following excerpt is from Rea v. Thomas, 76 F.3d 388 (9th Cir. 1995):
A prisoner's complaint of inadequate medical care amounts to an Eighth Amendment violation if the inmate alleges acts or omissions by prison officials that are sufficiently harmful to evidence a deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1334 (9th Cir.1990). Prison officials manifest a deliberate indifference to a prisoner's medical needs if they intentionally deny, delay or interfere with the prisoner's medical treatment. Id. A difference of opinion between a prisoner and prison physicians regarding the prisoner's treatment does not constitute a deliberate indifference to the prisoner's medical needs. Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir.1989).
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