The following excerpt is from Norwood v. Nanganama, No. CIV S-09-2929 LKK GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
In order to state a 1983 claim for violation of the Eighth Amendment based on inadequate medical care, plaintiff must allege "acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106, 97 S. Ct.
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