U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Leroy Willis, Jr. v. Steve Ritter

Leroy Willis, Jr. v. Steve Ritter
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 30, 2010 · Schroeder, Pregerson, Rawlinson
372 F. App'x 780

Leroy Willis, Jr. v. Steve Ritter

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Leroy Willis, Jr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging defendants violated the Eighth Amendment by acting with deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 241-42 (9th Cir. 1989). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Willis’s deliberate indifference claim because there was no genuine issue of material fact as to whether treatment Willis received was medically unacceptable. See id. at 242 (recognizing that a difference of opinion about the best course of medical treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference).

Willis’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

Willis’s motion requesting a settlement conference is denied.

AFFIRMED.

**

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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