William Gallagher v. Dennis Kendall

MEMORANDUM

William Gene Gallagher, an Arizona state prisoner, 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, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendant Kendall because Gallagher failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Kendall was deliberately indifferent to Gallagher’s shoulder and arm pain. See id. at 1057-58 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to a prisoner’s health or safety); see also Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1207-08 (9th Cir. 2011) (requirements for establishing supervisory liability).

We do not consider the district court’s summary judgment for defendants Folerti-no and' Parkerson because Gallagher did not address it in his opening brief, and Gallagher stated in his reply brief that he has limited his appeal to defendant Kendall.

Gallagher forfeited his right to appeal the denial of his motions to compel…