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Ninth Circuit· 5/2/2016

Fleet Hamby v. Steven Hammond

Citations

  • 821 F.3d 1085
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 7894
  • 2016 WL 1730532

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • requiring a showing that chosen course of treatment was medically unacceptable under the circumstances, and was chosen in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to prisoner’s health
  • “deliberate indifference is a high legal standard”; “[a] showing of medical malpractice or negligence is insufficient”
  • “A showing of medical malpractice or negligence is insufficient to establish a constitutional deprivation under the Eighth Amendment.”

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Judges: Kozinski, O'Scannlain, Gould

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