Allison

Allison v. Gomez

Good Law
20 F. App'x 615
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 31, 2001No. 00-16798; D.C. No. CV-97-00773-GEBCalifornia248 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Phillip Allison, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his hypertension and polycystic kidney disease by denying his requests for a special diet and a transfer to the California Medical Facility. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S .C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s grant of summary judg.ment, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122 , 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), and we affirm.

Because differences in medical opinion as to an inmate’s medical treatment do not *616 amount to deliberate indifference, see Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir. 1989), and because no triable issue exists that any delay in transferring Allison to the California Medical Facility caused Allison injury, see McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1060 (9th Cir.1992), the district court properly granted summary judgment for Dr. Loo.

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