U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2016

Charles Reece v. Alvaro Traquina

Charles Reece v. Alvaro Traquina
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided April 20, 2016 · Farris, Tallman, Bybee
639 F. App'x 442

Charles Reece v. Alvaro Traquina

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Charles Gregory Reece, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his 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). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Reece failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant was deliberately indifferent to the treatment of his hypertension. See id. at 1057-58 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she “knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

AFFIRMED.

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

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