OPINION AND ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS AND ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION

MARCIA S. KRIEGER, Chief District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the August 5, 2013, Recommendation (#55) of United States Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe that the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (#24) be granted. The Plaintiff Jamie Davis filed timely Objections (#57) to the Recommendation.

I. Material Facts

Mr. Davis is a prisoner housed at the federal prison facility in Florence, Colorado.1 According to his Complaint (#1), Mr. Davis began suffering from excessive nose bleeds in 2009. In May 2010, he saw Defendant Dr. Santini. Dr. Santini examined him and recommended that Mr. Davis consult with a surgeon. The request for a surgical consult was presented to the Utilization Review Committee2 for approval. The committee denied the consult, and instead, referred Mr. Davis back to Dr. Santini. Mr. Davis alleges that the request was denied "to save money." In January 2011, Mr. Davis was finally approved for a surgical consult with a specialist. He alleges that the delay in treatment by a specialist caused permanent damage to his nose. Mr. Davis claims that the Defendants denied him adequate medical care in violation of his rights under the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.3

II. Issues Presented

The Defendants move to dismiss (#24) the claims against them under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). The matter was referred to the Magistrate Judge, who recommends that the motion be granted. As pertinent here, the Magistrate Judge found that the Complaint failed to sufficiently allege that the Defendants acted with "deliberate indifference" to Mr. Davis's medical needs, in violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. See Self v. Crum, 439 F.3d 1227, 1230 (10th Cir. 2006).

Mr. Davis objects to the Recommendation only with regard to his Eighth Amendment claims. He argues that the Magistrate Judge should have considered the exhibits he attached to his response to the motion to dismiss, asserting that these exhibits establish his claim for deliberate indifference. He also argues that his Complaint sufficiently alleges a claim under the Eighth Amendment with regard to the committee's denial of a surgical consult.4

III. Standard of Review

When a magistrate judge issues a recommendation on a dispositive motion, the parties may file specific, written objections within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). The district court shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the recommendation to which timely and specific objection is made. U.S. v. One Parcel of Real Prop. Known as 2121 E. 30th St., 73 F.3d 1057, 1060 (10th Cir. 1996).

IV. Analysis

As an initial matter, the Court rejects Mr. Davis's argument the Court must consider the exhibits he attached to his response to the motion to dismiss. It appears that these exhibits were submitted to establish the merits of his claim. When a party submits materials outside the pleadings in support of or in opposition to a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, a court has broad discretion whether to accept or consider them. See Lowe v. Town of Fairland, 143 F.3d 1378, 1381 (10th Cir. 1998). However, when a court relies on material from outside the pleadings, it must treat the motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(d). Here, the Court declines to consider matters outside the pleadings in evaluating the motion to dismiss.

As to Mr. Davis's remaining objection, the Court has reviewed the Recommendation de novo and reaches the same conclusions articulated in the Recommendation. The allegations in the Complaint are insufficient to state a claim for deliberate indifference. The Tenth Circuit has held that the decision that a patient requires a specialist is a decision about the patient's course of treatment, and the "negligent treatment of a medical condition does not constitute a medical wrong under the Eighth Amendment." Duffield v. Jackson, 545 F.3d 1234, 1239 (10th Cir. 2008) (internal quotations omitted). Rather, for a prisoner to show that a lack of medical attention violated his constitutional rights, he must show "unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain." Id. at 1238 (citing Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 (1976)). Mr. Davis's allegations simply do not rise to the level of "unnecessary and wanton." Thus, he has failed to state a claim that the denial of treatment by a specialist violated his Eighth Amendment rights.

For the forgoing reasons, the Court OVERRULES the Plaintiff's Objections (#57) and ADOPTS the Recommendation (#55). The Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (#24) is GRANTED. However, the Plaintiff is granted leave to file an amended complaint. If he fails to do so within 30 days of the date of this Order, the Clerk of the Court shall close the case.