Marcus Hudson v. Andrew Nangalama
Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
California state prisoner Marcus L. Hudson appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Hudson failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants failed to prescribe appropriate pain medication or respond adequately to his medical needs. See id. at 1058 (prison officials act with deliberate indifference only if they know of and disregard an excessive risk to inmate health); Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir. 1996) (to establish that a difference of opinion amounted to deliberate indifference, a prisoner must show that the defendants’ chosen course of treatment was medically unacceptable and in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Marcus L. HUDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andrew NANGALAMA, M.D.; Jasdeep Bal, Chief Medical Officer, Defendants-Appellees
- Status
- Unpublished