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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 19 2022 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, No. 21-15018 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:19-cv-01709-DAD-SKO v. S. GATES; CONALL MCCABE; DAVE DAVEY, Warden; R. GILL; J. LEWIS; C. MEMORANDUM* SMITH; S. RAMIREZ; R. PHAM; CELIA BELL; ROBIN MCCONNELL; EDGAR CLARK; CARMEN FISCHER, Esquire, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 11, 2022** Before: McKEOWN, CHRISTEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges. California state prisoner Larry William Cortinas appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his
42 U.S.C. § 1983action alleging deliberate * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** 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 of a complaint for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Hayes v. Idaho Corr. Ctr.,
849 F.3d 1204, 1208 (9th Cir. 2017). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Cortinas’s action because Cortinas failed to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim. See Hebbe v. Pliler,
627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (although pro se pleadings are construed liberally, plaintiff must present factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief); Toguchi v. Chung,
391 F.3d 1051, 1056-60 (9th Cir. 2004) (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health; medical malpractice, negligence, or a difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference). Cortinas’s motions to appoint counsel are denied. AFFIRMED. 2 21-15018
Document Info
Docket Number: 21-15018
Filed Date: 4/19/2022
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/19/2022