Binam
Binam v. Spalding
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Former Idaho state prisoner Ervin Ray Binam appeals pro se the district court’s orders granting summary judgment and denying his Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(a) motion for a new trial in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment and medical malpractice. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s grant of summary judgment, Delta Savings Bank v. United States, 265 F.3d 1017, 1021 (9th Cir.2001), and we review for abuse of discretion the district court’s denial of a motion for a new trial, Alford v. Haner, 333 F.3d 972, 975 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment to defendants Spalding, Klauser, Sarver, Braseth, Snarr, Cooper, and Little because Binam failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact for trial. See Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 , (9th Cir.1989) (explaining that prisoner must present triable issues of fact to overcome summary judgment motion).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Binam’s motion for a new trial on whether defendant Clyde was deliberately indifferent to Binam’s need for arthritis medication, because the…