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· 12/10/2004

Toguchi v. Soon Hwang Chung

Citations

  • 391 F.3d 1051
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 25465
  • 2004 WL 2827667

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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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