Holbrook

MEMORANDUM

John R. Chavers, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, retaliation, and employment discrimination. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Chavers’ deliberate indifference claim because Chavers failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants Hammond and Hol-brook were deliberately indifferent by declining to re-prescribe one of his pain medications. See Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1057-58 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she “knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health”; a mere difference in medical opinion is insufficient to establish deliberate indifference (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Chavers’ retaliation claim because Chavers failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant Hammond discontinued…