· 12/10/2004
Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung
Citations
- 391 F.3d 1051
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 25465
- 2004 WL 2827667
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that a difference of opinion concerning the appropriate course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference
- recognizing that “mere difference of medical opinion” is not enough to 28 establish deliberate indifference
- holding that a doctor was 13 not deliberately indifferent for prescribing an inmate alternative medication
- recognizing that “mere difference 8 of medical opinion” is not enough to establish deliberate indifference
- holding that a doctor was not deliberately 15 indifferent for prescribing an inmate alternative medication
- concluding that a difference of opinion concerning the appropriate course of treatment generally does not amount to deliberate indifference
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Judges: Farris, No'onan, Rawlinson
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