Todd

Todd v. Kirkland

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12 F. App'x 549
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 21, 2001No. 00-15405; D.C. No. CV-97-00506-DWH/RAMCalifornia313 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Ronald Todd, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his constitutional rights while incarcerated at the Washoe County Detention Center. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s summary judgment, Frost v. Agnos, 152 F.3d 1124, 1128 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

Todd contends that the district court erred by granting defendants summary judgment on his medical deliberate indifference claims. We disagree.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Todd’s deliberate indifference claims because he presented no evidence that defendants knew of and disregarded a substantial risk of serious harm to his safety, see Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 847 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994), or that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, see Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 , 97 S.Ct. 285 , 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). At most, Todd showed a difference in medical opinion which does not amount to deliberate indifference. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th…

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