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Stephen Henry v. Prison Medical Providers of Ca, 14-16516 (2015)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Number: 14-16516 Visitors: 9
Filed: Oct. 05, 2015
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: FILED Corrected October 5, 2015+ SEP 03 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK NOT FOR PUBLICATION U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT STEPHEN ANTHONY HENRY, No. 14-16516 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:13-cv-00201-CRB v. MEMORANDUM* PRISON MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND REHABILITATION; et al., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, P
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                                                                            FILED
                            Corrected October 5, 2015+                      SEP 03 2015

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            U.S. COURT OF APPEALS



                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


STEPHEN ANTHONY HENRY,                           No. 14-16516

              Plaintiff - Appellant,             D.C. No. 3:13-cv-00201-CRB

 v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
PRISON MEDICAL PROVIDERS OF
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION AND
REHABILITATION; et al.,

              Defendants - Appellees.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of California
                    Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted August 25, 2015**

Before:       McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      Stephen Anthony Henry, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the


          *
             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).
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), and we affirm.

       The district court properly granted summary judgment because Henry failed

to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were

deliberately indifferent by delaying his referral to an ear, nose and throat specialist.

See 
id. at 1057-60
(a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he or

she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health; negligence

and a mere difference in medical opinion are insufficient); Hallett v. Morgan, 
296 F.3d 732
, 746 (9th Cir. 2002) (where the prisoner is alleging that delay of medical

treatment evinces deliberate indifference, the prisoner must show that the delay led

to further injury).

       AFFIRMED.




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