Robinson

INTRODUCTION

19 Plaintiff filed this pro se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that 20 defendants, who are officials at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), were deliberately 21 indifferent to his serious medical needs. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. 22 Although plaintiff was the opprtunity to file an opposition and cautioned about the adverse 23 consequences of not doing so, he has not opposed defendants’ motion. For the reasons 24 explained below, the motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. 25

STATEMENT

26 Plaintiff broke a bone in his hand in a fight with other inmate at PBSP in May 2018. 27 Medical personnel, including defendant E. Golding, a PBSP nurse, examined him and gave him 28 pain medication, a splint, and care instructions. Over the next six months, PBSP medical 1 personnel examined him regularly, sent him to an outside hospital for x-rays, MRIs and 2 examinations by an orthopedic specialist. Plaintiff’s pain had significantly decreased by June, 3 was gone by July, and the hand was healed by August. Medical personnel at PBSP and the 4 outside hospital continued to check with plaintiff about the condition of his hand on a…