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Differing Medical Opinions Not Deliberate Indifference

The Ninth Circuit has held that differing medical opinions do not
constitute deliberate indifference. In November 1986, while at the Maricopa
County Jail in Arizona, Douglas Eric Sanchez was diagnosed with chronic
perirectal abscess and told he would require surgery. Before receiving an
operation, however, Sanchez was transferred to Arizona ...

 

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