Samuel Martin v. Damanjeet Chugh

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 01 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SAMUEL D. MARTIN, No. 10-35728 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-00060-RMP v. MEMORANDUM * DAMANJEET CHUGH; et al., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Rosanna Malouf Peterson, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted October 25, 2011 ** Before: TROTT, GOULD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. Samuel D. Martin, a Washington 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 medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. * 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). 2004), and we affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment because Martin failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Chugh’s failure to order an x-ray “was medically unacceptable under the circumstances and was chosen in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to [his] health.” Id. at 1058 (explaining that a difference of medical opinion is insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish deliberate indifference) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Martin also failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Smith’s denial of his grievance amounted to deliberate indifference. See id. at 1057 (a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he knows of and disregards an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health and safety). Martin’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive. AFFIRMED. 2 10-35728