Young
Young v. Danielson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
California state prisoner Malcolm Andre Young appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Oliver v. Keller, 289 F.3d 623, 626 (9th Cir.2002), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Young failed to raise a triable issue as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir.1996). Young’s disagreement with the medical defendants’ chosen course of treatment is not sufficient. See id. (holding a difference in opinion between the physician and the prisoner concerning the appropriate course of treatment does not amount to deliberate indifference to serious medical needs). Moreover, Young failed to raise a triable issue as to whether the alleged delay in treatment caused by the non-medical defendants resulted in further harm. See McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1060 (9th Cir.1992).
Contrary to Young’s contention, the district court did not abuse its discretion by *551…