context: When the basis for a prisoner's Eighth Amendment claim is a temporary delay or interruption in the provision of otherwise adequate medical treatment, it is appropriate to focus on the challenged delay or interruption in treatment rather than the prisoner's underlying medical condition alone in analyzing whether the alleged deprivation is, in "objective terms, sufficiently serious," to support an Eighth Amendment claim. In a case like this, however, where the prisoner is receiving appropriate on-going treatment for his condition, but, instead brings a narrower denial of medical care claim based on a temporary delay or interruption in treatment, the serious medical need inquiry can properly take into account the severity of the temporary deprivation alleged by the prisoner.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: in evaluating an Eighth Amendment claim, courts should consider "if the alleged wrongdoing was objectively 'harmful enough' to establish a constitutional violation"
citation_a.sentence: See Estelle, 429 U.S. at 106, 97 S.Ct. 285 (“In order to state a cognizable claim, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.”); Montgomery, 294 F.3d at 499 (to establish an Eighth Amendment claim based on the denial of medical care, “[f]irst, [the] plaintiff must make an ‘objective’ showing that the deprivation was ‘sufficiently serious,’ or that the result of defendant’s denial was sufficiently serious”) (emphasis added); cf. Hudson, 503 U.S. at 8, 112 S.Ct. 995 (in evaluating an Eighth Amendment claim, courts should consider “if the alleged wrongdoing was objectively ‘harmful enough’ to establish a constitutional violation”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: "In order to state a cognizable claim, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs."
citation_b.sentence: See Estelle, 429 U.S. at 106, 97 S.Ct. 285 (“In order to state a cognizable claim, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.”); Montgomery, 294 F.3d at 499 (to establish an Eighth Amendment claim based on the denial of medical care, “[f]irst, [the] plaintiff must make an ‘objective’ showing that the deprivation was ‘sufficiently serious,’ or that the result of defendant’s denial was sufficiently serious”) (emphasis added); cf. Hudson, 503 U.S. at 8, 112 S.Ct. 995 (in evaluating an Eighth Amendment claim, courts should consider “if the alleged wrongdoing was objectively ‘harmful enough’ to establish a constitutional violation”).