Frederick Jost v. Jerry Brown

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 05 2012 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FREDERICK KARL JOST, No. 11-15207 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:09-cv-00507-GBC v. MEMORANDUM * JERRY BROWN, Attorney General; et al., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Gerald B. Cohn, Magistrate Judge, Presiding ** Submitted February 21, 2012 *** Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Frederick Karl Jost, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** Jost consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). indifference to his serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A for failure to state a claim, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000), and we affirm. The district court properly dismissed the action because Jost failed to allege facts showing that defendants acted with deliberate indifference regarding the denial of his request for soft soled shoes. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th Cir. 2004) (a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health and safety). Jost’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive. AFFIRMED. 2 11-15207