The following excerpt is from Ontiveros v. Marshall, 35 F.3d 571 (9th Cir. 1994):
To prevail on an Eighth Amendment claim of medical mistreatment, an inmate must allege "acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976). The indifference must be substantial; inadequate treatment due to negligence, inadvertence or differences in judgment between an inmate and medical personnel do not rise to the level of a constitutional violation. Id.; Franklin v. Oregon, 662 F.2d 1337, 1344 (9th Cir.1981).
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