The following excerpt is from Zanzucchi v. Weinberg, 889 F.2d 1097 (9th Cir. 1989):
Zanzucchi alleges that the defendants' response to his back complaints constituted "deliberate indifference to [his] medical needs" proscribed under the Eighth Amendment. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976).
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