Hall

Hall v. Keller

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256 F. App'x 960
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 27, 2007No. 06-16116California418 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Nevada state prisoner Terrence R. Hall • appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging sub-standard medical attention and inadequate meals. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s grant of summary judgment. Morrison v. Hall, 261 F.3d 896, 900 (9th Cir.2001). We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s denial of a motion to amend a complaint, Ward v. Circus Circus Casinos, Inc., 473 F.3d 994, 1000 (9th Cir.2007) and the district court’s discovery rulings, Childress v. Darby Lumber, Inc., 357 F.3d 1000, 1009 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment to defendants because Hall did not raise a triable issue as to whether he suffered a sufficiently serious injury to his back or whether any prison official possessed a culpable state of mind in denying him adequate medical attention. See Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 296-97 , 111 S.Ct. 2321 , 115 L.Ed.2d 271 (1991) (outlining requirements for medical indifference claim under Eighth Amendment). Similarly, Hall failed to raise a triable issue as to whether the…

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