Geraldine Darden v. Christopher L. Driscoll

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Geraldine Darden v. Christopher L. Driscoll, 703 F. App'x 609 (9th Cir. 2017)

Geraldine Darden v. Christopher L. Driscoll

Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Geraldine Kelley Darden, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to her serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Jett v. Penner, 439 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir. 2006). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Darden’s Eighth Amendment claim because Darden failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Dr. Driscoll knew of and disregarded an excessive risk to her serious medical needs. See id. (to demonstrate deliberate indifference, the plaintiff must show “a purposeful act or failure to respond to a prisoner’s pain or possible medical need and ... harm caused by the indifference”).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in considering the expert declarations of two doctors submitted by Dr. Dris-coll in support of his motion for summary judgment. See Primiano v. Cook, 598 F.3d 558, 563, 566-67 (9th Cir. 2010) (setting forth standard of review and requirements for admitting expert testimony).

Darden’s motions for appointment of an expert witness, to enforce the district court’s order for subpoena duces tecum, and to supplement the record on appeal (Docket Entry Nos, 9, 14, 32) are denied.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Geraldine Kelley DARDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher L. DRISCOLL, as Executor of the Estate of Dr. Scott H. M. Driscoll, Defendant-Appellee
Status
Unpublished