Willie

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Chili Willie appeals the district court’s judgment, pursuant to a jury verdict and partial summary judgment, in favor of prison and medical officials at the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention on his claims of inadequate medical care and excessive force as violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 .

First, the parties dispute the standard applicable to Willie’s claim of inadequate medical care. Willie argues that the district court erred by failing to apply the reckless indifference standard, whereas Defendants assert that the district court correctly applied the deliberate indifference standard. We need not resolve this disagreement, however, because whether one applies the existing deliberate indifference or the proposed reckless indifference standard, Willie is not entitled to relief. The correctional officers, including the mental health officials and physicians, *738 properly and reasonably dealt with Willie’s condition on his intake to the Sonoma County Jail.

Next, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Willie’s requests for appointment of counsel because he has…