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Giles v. Cal. Corr. Health Care Servs.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 23, 2018
No. 17-16861 (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2018)

Opinion

No. 17-16861

03-23-2018

OSSIE GILES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONS HEALTH CARE SERVICES; et al., Defendants-Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 4:15-cv-04838-YGR MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding Before: LEAVY, M. SMITH, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Ossie Giles, 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 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Giles failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately different to his severe back pain. See id. 1057-60 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health; a difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment, medical malpractice, and negligence in diagnosing or treating a medical condition do not amount to deliberate indifference); see also Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1207 (9th Cir. 2011) (supervisory liability under § 1983 requires "knowledge of and acquiescence in unconstitutional conduct" by subordinates).

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

We do not consider documents not filed with the district court. See United States v. Elias, 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990) ("Documents or facts not presented to the district court are not part of the record on appeal.").

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Giles v. Cal. Corr. Health Care Servs.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Mar 23, 2018
No. 17-16861 (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2018)
Case details for

Giles v. Cal. Corr. Health Care Servs.

Case Details

Full title:OSSIE GILES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONS HEALTH CARE…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Mar 23, 2018

Citations

No. 17-16861 (9th Cir. Mar. 23, 2018)