97 S.Ct. 285). An official has a sufficiently culpable state of mind when that official “ ‘knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety; the official must both be aware of facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists, and he must also draw the inference.’ ” Johnson v. Wright, 412 F.3d 398, 403 (2d Cir.2005) (citing Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994)). Defendants do not dispute that treatment for HCV is a serious medical need. 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>). Cf. Bender v. Regier, 385 F.3d 1133, 1137
holding that deliberate indifference to a serious medical need establishes an eighth amendment violation holding that a plaintiffs failure to obtain evidence of continuing treatment an element of a serious health condition was fatal to a plaintiffs fmla interference claim regardless of the plaintiffs allegations that the defendant failed to allow the plaintiff an opportunity to cure medical certification deficiencies in so ruling the 7th circuit denied the plaintiffs estoppel arguments and instead placed an affirmative duty on the plaintiff to present sufficient evidence to establish a serious health condition as defined by the regulations in order to overcome a summary judgment motion on an fmla interference claim holding that an employee requesting unforeseeable medical leave is not required to even mention the fmla when requesting leave for a serious health condition holding that officers were objectively reasonable in handling plaintiffs medical situation during seizure holding that hcv constitutes an objectively serious medical condition