context: Defendants do not dispute that treatment for HCV is a serious medical need.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 2004 WL 628784, at *5
citation_a.parenthetical: "It is well-established that Hepatitis C qualifies as a serious condition for purposes of an Eighth Amendment analysis."
citation_a.sentence: See Pabon v. Wright, 2004 WL 628784, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. March 29, 2004) (“It is well-established that Hepatitis C qualifies as a serious condition for purposes of an Eighth Amendment analysis.”); Johnson v. Wright, 234 F.Supp.2d 352, 360 (S.D.N.Y.2002) (holding that HCV constitutes an objectively serious medical condition).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 385 F.3d 1133, 1137
citation_b.parenthetical: agreeing with district court's determination that although HCV infection was a serious medical need, the issue was whether inmate had serious medical need for immediate interferon treatment
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Bender v. Regier, 385 F.3d 1133, 1137 (8th Cir.2004) (agreeing with district court’s determination that although HCV infection was a serious medical need, the issue was whether inmate had serious medical need for immediate interferon treatment).