· 2/3/1988
Barbara P. Hutchinson v. United States of America
Citations
- 838 F.2d 390
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1205
- 1988 WL 6375
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “mere negligence in diagnosing or treating a medical condition, without more, does not violate a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights”
- deliberate indifference “may appear when prison officials deny, delay or intentionally interfere with medical treatment”
- “Prison officials are deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s serious medical needs when 26 they ‘deny, delay, or intentionally interfere with medical treatment.’”
- “Mere negligence in diagnosing or treating a medical 26 condition, without more, does not violate a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights.”
- “Mere negligence in diagnosing or treating a medical condition, without more, 24 does not violate a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights.”
- “Mere negligence in diagnosing 24 or treating a medical condition, without more, does not violate a 25 prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights.” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Koelsch, Poole, Ferguson
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