Opinion
No. 13-17414
10-21-2014
DYKE EDWARD NELSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ALEX ZIGA, Psychiatrist, Defendant - Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:10-cv-02156-MCE-JFM MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Morrison C. England, Jr., Chief Judge, Presiding
Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Dyke Edward Nelson, 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 Nelson failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant Ziga was deliberately indifferent in treating Nelson's serious psychiatric needs. See id. at 1057-58, 1060 (deliberate indifference is a high legal standard; medical malpractice, negligence, a difference of medical opinion, or a prisoner's difference of opinion with the physician regarding the course of treatment is not sufficient).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Nelson's motion for reconsideration because Nelson failed to identify any grounds for relief. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for reconsideration).
AFFIRMED.