Warren Green v. Galen Church

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Warren Green v. Galen Church

Opinion

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 27 2021 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WARREN CLEVELAND GREEN, No. 21-15249

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-01931-WBS-KJN v.

GALEN H. CHURCH; J. AGARWAL, MEMORANDUM* Dr.; MONTAUK, Dr.; MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden; ANISE ADAMS, Chief Medical Executive; AKINTOLA,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 25, 2021**

Before: FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges

Warren Green appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in

favor of Dr. Agarwal in Green’s prisoner civil rights action alleging deliberate

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). indifference to a serious medical need. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo, Jett v. Penner, 439 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir. 2006),

and affirm.

Summary judgment was proper for the defendant. At most, Green

established a difference of opinion between himself and the medical professionals

regarding diagnosis and treatment of his serious medical need. Such a difference

of opinion does not rise to the level of deliberate indifference. Toguchi v. Chung,

391 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th Cir. 2004); Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir.

1989). Nor would negligence rise to the level of deliberate indifference. Jett, 439 F.3d at 1096.

AFFIRMED.

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