Tim Sandlund v. Fortress Iron, LP D/B/A Fortress Building Products

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• holding that 17 “[t]he existence of chronic and substantial pain” is an “indication[] that a prisoner has a serious 18 need for medical treatment”
• holding that where a claim is 24 based on delay in providing medical treatment a prisoner has no claim for deliberate 25 indifference unless the delay was harmful
• noting that a defendant acts with deliberate indifference when he “purposefully ignore[s] or fail[s] to respond to a prisoner’s [] possible medical need”
• explaining that the “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain” 9 constitutes a violation of the Eighth Amendment
• explaining that the 15 “unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain” constitutes a violation of the Eighth Amendment
• explaining that negligence in 23 diagnosing or treating a medical condition, without more, does not violate a prisoner’s Eighth 24 Amendment rights

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