Eric Gregory v. Ann Bollay

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 19 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ERIC SION GREGORY, No. 14-55599 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-07805-SVW- MRW v. ANN BOLLAY, Dr., individual; et al., MEMORANDUM* Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding Submitted May 13, 2015** Before: LEAVY, CALLAHAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Eric Sion Gregory, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of state and federal law in connection with his medical treatment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment on Gregory’s Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim because Gregory failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Bollay knew of or disregarded an excessive risk of serious harm to Gregory’s health. See Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1057- 58 (a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health; neither a prisoner’s difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment nor mere negligence in treating a medical condition amounts to deliberate indifference). AFFIRMED. 2 14-55599