Chima

Chima v. Obedoza

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72 F. App'x 577
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJuly 29, 2003No. 02-17112; D.C. No. CV-99-01645-DFL(GGH)California310 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pal Chima, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s sum *578 mary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Chima failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether any of the defendants purposefully ignored, failed to respond, or were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs, or that their course of treatment was medically unacceptable. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 , 97 S.Ct. 285 , 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976); Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir.1996). Although Chima filed a declaration supporting his claims that defendants neither took his vital signs nor examined him, his medical records directly contradicted his conclusory denials, and his assertion that the medical records were “wholly false” was insufficient to demonstrate the existence of material issues of fact. See United States v. Various Slot Machines On Guam, 658 F.2d 697, 701 (9th…

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