Goodrick v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Idaho state prisoner Dan Goodrick 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). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Goodrick failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent in their treatment of his medical conditions, including his Hepatitis C and his back and hip pain. See id. at 1057-58 (neither negligence nor difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment amounts to deliberate indifference).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying in part Goodrick’s motion to compel additional discovery, including Correctional Medical Services’ bids and contracts with the State of Idaho. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1) (discovery requests must be “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence”); Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 751 (9th Cir.2002) (providing standard of review and explaining that “broad discretion is…