Larry Ledoux v. Steven J. Davies, Secretary of Corrections Raymond Roberts, Warden Robert D. Hannigan, Warden, Hutchinson Correctional Facility

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• holding that Plaintiff’s contention that he was denied treatment by a specialist is insufficient to establish a constitutional violation
• holding that no claim of constitutional dimension is stated where a prisoner challenges only matters of medical judgment or otherwise expresses a mere difference of opinion concerning the treatment received by an inmate
• noting that types of medication prescribed and referrals to specialists are generally matters of medical judgment
• noting that types of medication prescribed and referrals to specialists are generally matters of medical judgment
• explaining that prescribing medication and referring a patient to a specialist are generally matters of medical judgment that do not give rise to a § 1983 claim
• noting that types of medication prescribed are generally matters of medical judgment and prisoner’s “belief” that he needs “additional medication, other than that prescribed” is simply “insufficient to establish a constitutional violation”

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