Diaz v. Oregon Department of Corrections
Diaz v. Oregon Department of Corrections
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 14 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ENRIQUE ZACARIAS DIAZ, No. 23-3695 D.C. No. 2:22-cv-00826-YY Plaintiff - Appellant,
v. MEMORANDUM* OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Health Services; Nurse WILLIAMS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Karin J. Immergut, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 19, 2025**
Before: SILVERMAN, HURWITZ, and BADE, Circuit Judges.
Oregon state prisoner Enrique Zacarias Diaz 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.
* 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). § 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 Diaz failed
to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Williams was deliberately
indifferent in responding to Diaz’s episode of low blood glucose. See id. at 1057-
58 (explaining that a defendant is deliberately indifferent only if the defendant
knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health and safety, and that to
prevail on a claim involving alternative choices of treatment, the plaintiff must
show that the chosen treatment was medically unacceptable under the
circumstances).
AFFIRMED.
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