Meeks

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Gary B. Meeks appeals the district court’s order granting *5 summary judgment in favor of defendants Kathleen Allison, Douglas DeGeus, John Parsons, M.D., and J. Klarich, M.D. (collectively “Defendants”) in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that these prison officials acted with deliberate indifference to his medical and dental needs while he was incarcerated, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we reverse and remand with respect to Defendant Parsons but affirm as to all other defendants.

Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them in detail. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment and determine whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Meeks, the nonmoving party, there are any genuine issues of material fact. See Huseman v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc., 471 F.3d 1116, 1120 (9th Cir.2006).

A deprivation of a plaintiffs Eighth Amendment right occurs when prison officials are deliberately indifferent to a prisoner’s medical needs. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104 , 97 S.Ct. 285 , 50 L.Ed.2d 251 (1976). A prison official acts with…