Henry v. Prison Medical Providers of California Department of Correction

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 03 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT STEPHEN ANTHONY HENRY, No. 14-16516 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:13-cv-00201-CRB v. MEMORANDUM* PRISON MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND REHABILITATION; et al., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 25, 2015** Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Stephen Anthony Henry, a California state prisoner, 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 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment because Henry failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent by delaying his referral to an ear, nose and throat specialist. See id. at 1057-60 (a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health; negligence and a mere difference in medical opinion are insufficient); Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 746 (9th Cir. 2002) (where the prisoner is alleging that delay of medical treatment evinces deliberate indifference, the prisoner must show that the delay led to further injury). AFFIRMED. 2 14-16516