Is denial or delay of medical care for a prisoner's serious medical needs constitute a violation of the prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McInnis v. Vaughn, No. 2:17-cv-1318 CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
5. Denial or delay of medical care for a prisoner's serious medical needs may constitute a violation of the prisoner's Eighth Amendment rights. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104-05 (1976). An individual is liable for such a violation only when injury occurs as a result of the individual's deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. Id.
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