John Snow v. E.K. McDaniel

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• holding that evidence of an 5 improper motive—such as denying hip replacement surgery for reasons unrelated to 6 medical needs—can support a conclusion that a defendant acted with deliberate 7 indifference
• holding that an over two-year delay from diagnosis to treatment showed deliberate indifference
• holding that prison officials may be deliberately indifferent when they choose a 3 course of treatment that is “medically unacceptable under the circumstances” and in “conscious 4 disregard of an excessive risk to plaintiff's health”
• holding prison officials violate the 8 constitution when they persist in a treatment known to be ineffective
• finding that issues of fact precluded summary judgment where former prison employee admitted awareness of plaintiff’s grievances
• finding difference of opinion between a physician 20 and prisoner concerning what medical care is appropriate does not amount to deliberate 21 indifference

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