The following excerpt is from Gaston v. Patel, Case No. 1:09-cv-01966-AWI-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
The above allegations relating to medical care are properly analyzed under the Eighth Amendment, rather than the rubric of substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 843 (1998).
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