U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2013

Robert Sanford v. Levin

Robert Sanford v. Levin
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided February 19, 2013 · Fernandez, Tashima, Wardlaw
509 F. App'x 639

Robert Sanford v. Levin

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Former California state prisoner Robert Lionel Sanford 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 to defendants because Sanford failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants consciously disregarded Sanford’s need for post-operative care, including in addressing a nasal bleed, after he had surgery for chronic sinus problems. See id. at 1057-58 (neither negligence nor difference of opinion between doctor and prisoner concerning the appropriate course of treatment amounts to deliberate indifference to serious medical needs).

AFFIRMED.

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

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