The following excerpt is from Arellano v. Sedighi, Case No.: 15-cv-02059-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2018):
Eighth Amendment doctrine makes clear that "[a] difference of opinion between a physician and the prisoneror between medical professionalsconcerning what medical care is appropriate does not amount to deliberate indifference." Snow v. McDaniel, 681
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