· 7/18/1996
Raymond D. Jackson v. Duncan A. McIntosh David Victorino
Citations
- 90 F.3d 330
How courts have described this case
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- holding that deliberate 6 indifference can be shown where “the course of treatment the doctors chose was medically 7 unacceptable under the circumstances”
- holding that deliberate indifference can be shown where 20 “the course of treatment the doctors chose was medically unacceptable under the 21 circumstances”
- holding that interfering with medical treatment “not because of an honest medical judgment, but on account of personal animosity” can constitute deliberate indifference
- stating that prisoner may demonstrate deliberate indifference if prison officials relied on 1 the contrary opinion of a non-treating physician
- holding a difference in opinion between the physician and the prisoner concerning the appropriate course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
- holding a difference in opinion between the physician and the prisoner concerning the appropriate course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference to serious medical needs
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Judges: Kozinski, Noonan, Brewster
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