What is the test for medical malpractice under the Eighth Amendment of the United States?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Clifton v. Pierre, Case No. 1:13-cv-01325 DLB PC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
While the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution entitles Plaintiff to medical care, the Eighth Amendment is violated only when a prison official acts with deliberate indifference to an inmate's serious medical needs. Snow v. McDaniel, 681 F.3d 978, 985 (9th Cir. 2012);
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