Antoine Henderson v. K. Purcell , 517 F. App'x 538 ( 2013 )


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  •                              NOT FOR PUBLICATION
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        FILED
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT                          APR 23 2013
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
    ANTOINE L. HENDERSON,                             No. 11-17567
    Plaintiff - Appellant,             D.C. No. 2:09-cv-02779-LKK-
    DAD
    v.
    K. PURCELL; et al.,                               MEMORANDUM *
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of California
    Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted April 16, 2013 **
    Before:        CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
    California state prisoner Antoine L. Henderson 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
    *
    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).
    U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 
    391 F.3d 1051
    , 1056 (9th
    Cir. 2004), and we affirm.
    The district court properly granted summary judgment because Henderson
    failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants failed to
    diagnose and respond adequately to his back and groin pain. See 
    id. at 1058
    (prison officials act with deliberate indifference only if they know of and disregard
    an excessive risk to inmate health); Jackson v. McIntosh, 
    90 F.3d 330
    , 332 (9th
    Cir. 1996) (to establish that a difference of opinion amounted to deliberate
    indifference, a prisoner must show that the defendants’ chosen course of treatment
    was medically unacceptable and in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to the
    prisoner’s health); Roberts v. Spalding, 
    783 F.2d 867
    , 870 (9th Cir. 1986) (a
    prisoner has no constitutional right to outside medical care to supplement the
    medical care provided by the prison).
    AFFIRMED.
    2                                     11-17567
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 11-17567

Citation Numbers: 517 F. App'x 538

Judges: Canby, Ikuta, Watford

Filed Date: 4/23/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 8/6/2023