Gonzales v. Jones

10-697-pr
Gonzales v. Jones et al.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

SUMMARY ORDER
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At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit, held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in the City of New
York, on the 25th day of October, two thousand eleven.
PRESENT:
AMALYA L. KEARSE,
PIERRE N. LEVAL,
DENNY CHIN,
Circuit Judges.

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PATRICK GONZALES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

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R.C. NOWAK, MEDICAL DOCTOR EMERGENCY ROOM
AT PHELPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION,
Defendant,

MARIE JONES, REGISTERED NURSE WHO WORKED
3-11 SHIFT AT SING SING CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY HOSPITAL 2-20-04, JOHN PERILLI,
JOHN DOE, NCS/EMG TECHNICIAN THAT MADE
ASSESSMENT OF INJURY ON 6/09/2004, HANSEN,
NURSE ADMINISTRATOR 3-11 SHIFT AT SING-SING
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HOSPITAL 2-20-04 DAY
OF ACCIDENT, JOHN DOE, HMO, THAT DENIED
PLAINTIFF HIS RIGHT TO BE TREATED FOR
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, ETC. ECT., STEVEN
C. WEINSTEIN, THE ONE THAT MADE ASSESSMENT
OF INJURY ON 6/9/04, as NCS/EMG TECHNICIAN,
PAUL NOWAK,
Defendants-Appellees.

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FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: PATRICK GONZALES, pro se, Wallkill,
New York.

FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: SUDARSANA SRINIVASAN, Assistant
Solicitor General (Barbara D.
Underwood, Solicitor General,
Michael S. Belohlavek, on the
brief), for Eric T. Schneiderman,
Attorney General of the State of
New York, New York, New York.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the

Southern District of New York (Preska, C.J.).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,

AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

Plaintiff-appellant Patrick Gonzales, proceeding pro
se, appeals from the district court’s February 17, 2010 judgment

granting defendants-appellees' motion for summary judgment and

dismissing his amended complaint. Gonzales sued pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deliberate indifference to his health in

violation of the Eighth Amendment. We assume the parties'

familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of

the case, and the issues on appeal.
We review an order granting summary judgment de novo

and ask whether the district court properly concluded that there

were no genuine issues of material fact and that the moving party

was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Miller v.

Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., 321 F.3d 292, 300 (2d Cir. 2003). In

determining whether there are genuine issues of material fact, we

are "'required to resolve all ambiguities and draw all

permissible factual inferences in favor of the party against whom

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summary judgment is sought.'" Terry v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 128,

137 (2d Cir. 2003) (quoting Stern v. Trs. of Columbia Univ. in

City of New York, 131 F.3d 305, 312 (2d Cir. 1997)). "[R]eliance

upon conclusory statements or mere allegations is not sufficient

to defeat a summary judgment motion." Davis v. New York, 316

F.3d 93, 100 (2d Cir. 2002) (internal citations omitted).

We have conducted an independent review of the record

in light of these principles. We affirm the district court’s

judgment for substantially the reasons stated by the magistrate

judge in his report and recommendation and by the district court

in its decision and order. The magistrate judge and district

court correctly concluded that the undisputed evidence precludes

a finding that the defendants acted with the requisite culpable

state of mind in treating Gonzales’s hypoglycemia and carpal

tunnel syndrome. See Salahuddin v. Goord, 467 F.3d 263, 280 (2d
Cir. 2006) ("In medical-treatment cases [alleging an Eighth

Amendment violation] not arising from emergency situations, the

official's state of mind need not reach the level of knowing and

purposeful infliction of harm; it suffices if the plaintiff

proves that the official acted with deliberate indifference to

inmate health." (internal citation omitted)). On appeal,

Gonzales does not identify sufficient evidence to raise a genuine

issue of fact as to whether defendants acted with deliberate

indifference.

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 We have considered appellant's other arguments on

appeal and have found them to be without merit. Accordingly, the

judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:
CATHERINE O'HAGAN WOLFE, CLERK

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