Is there any case law where the medical director or medical council was 'subjectively aware' of a serious medical need and failed to respond?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Yee v. Sacramento Cnty. Jail, No. 2:14-cv-2955 KJM DAD PS (E.D. Cal. 2015):
was '(a) subjectively aware of the serious medical need and (b) failed adequately to respond." Simmons v. Navajo County, Ariz., 609 F.3d 1011, 1017-18 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting Conn, 591 F.3d at 1096).
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