McNeely

McNeely v. Perry

Good Law
255 F. App'x 271
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 26, 2007No. 06-16539California248 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Robert Gene McNeely appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action alleging defendants acted with deliberate indifference to his medical condition and violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of defendant doctors Perry and Cain on McNeely’s Eighth Amendment claim, because the evidence does not create a material issue of fact as to whether the doctors’ attempts to treat McNeely were medically unacceptable under the circumstances or chosen in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to McNeely’s health. See id. at 1058 . Moreover, McNeely’s conclusory allegation that defendants had the authority to transfer him to a different institution fails to create a triable issue. See id.

The district court also properly granted summary judgment on McNeely’s claim that defendants violated the ADA, because McNeely failed to show defendants denied him access to specific programs on the basis of his disability. See Duffy v.…

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