David Bell v. M. Glynn

696 F. App'x 249

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 17, 2017
• Docket: 16-56533
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner David Robert Bell 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. Furnace v. Sullivan, 705 F.3d 1021, 1026 (9th Cir. 2013). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Bell failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants knew of and disregarded an excessive' risk to Bell’s health. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057-60 (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 regarding diagnosing or treating a medical condition does not violate a prisoner’s Eighth Amendment rights).

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).

Bell’s requests to file a late and oversized reply brief (Docket Entry Nos. 20 and 21) are granted. The Clerk shall file the reply brief submitted at Docket Entry No. 18.

AFFIRMED.

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