Is there a violation of the Eighth Amendment when a prison official is deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's medical needs?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Aguilar v. Sogge, No. 2:15-cv-0836 CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Amendment. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104-05 (1976). A violation of the Eighth Amendment occurs when a prison official is deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's serious medical needs. Id. At most, plaintiff alleges in his complaint facts which amount to negligence and not deliberate indifference.
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