Jeffers

Jeffers v. Rimer

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137 F. App'x 28
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 23, 2005Nos. 04-15299, 04-15565California348 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jay Jeffers, Jr., a former Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that county jail officers were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs, and interfered with his access to writing materials. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and we affirm.

Jeffers’ evidence does not refute defendants’ evidence that they ensured that Jeffers received his insulin shots when necessary and complied with his dietary needs. Accordingly, Jeffers failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the defendants acted with deliberate indifference to his medical condition. See McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1060 (9th Cir.1992), overruled on other grounds, WMX Techs. Inc. v. Miller, 104 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir.1997) (en banc) (prison officials act with deliberate indifference when they “purposefully ignore” or “fail to respond” to prisoners’ pain or medical needs); see also Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (holding that prison officials…

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