Smith v. Grant

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 01-60090 Summary Calendar LARRY ROCHELL SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DON GRANT, Warden of Delta Correctional Facility; OHAMZAH BRIMAH, Doctor and Psychiatrist at Delta Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees. - - - - - - - - - - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi USDC No. 4:99-CV-272-D-D - - - - - - - - - - December 14, 2001 Before DAVIS, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Larry Rochell Smith, Mississippi prisoner # 89754, appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants in Smith’s civil rights complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Smith argues that the appellees were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs because: 1) the Delta Correctional Facility (DCF) is not a medically adequate or proper facility in which to incarcerate him because of his mental condition; and 2) the treatment and * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. No. 01-60090 -2- medications he received at DCF were inadequate to fully address his mental condition. We have reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties, and we conclude that the district court committed no reversible error. Smith’s allegations do not meet his burden of producing evidence showing the existence of a genuine issue for trial regarding deliberate indifference because they amount to no more than disagreement with his medical treatment, a claim not actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Varnado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir. 1991). Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.