Seventh Circuit· 6/4/1997

Forbes v. Edgar

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112 F.3d 262

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holding that under the Eighth Amendment, a prisoner is not entitled to demand specific care or the best care possible; he is entitled only to reasonable measures to meet a substantial risk of serious harm
noting that plaintiff was “seeking a specific treatment and foolproof protection from infection,” but “[t]he Eight[h] Amendment does not provide her with either”
prisoners are “not entitled to demand specific care[, nor are they] entitled to the best care possible”
prisoners are not entitled to “the best care possible,” but rather “reasonable measures to meet a substantial risk of serious harm”
Inmates are “not entitled to demand specific care [nor] entitled to the best care possible.”
Inmates are “not entitled to demand specific care [nor] entitled to the best care possible.”

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