NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEMETRIUS A. WILSON, AKA Demetrius Antwon Wilson,

Plaintiff

- Appellant,

v.

JEFFREY ALVAREZ, Director of C.H.S. Medical at Maricopa County, individual and official capacity; MARICOPA COUNTY, Maricopa County Hospital/Jail; KAROLE DAVIS, Surgeon at Maricopa County Hospital, individual and official capacity; ERIC THOMAS, Surgeon at M aricopa County Hospital, individual and official capacity; ANUPAMA BALAJI, Medical Provider at Maricopa County Jail, individual and official capacity; JOSEPH M. ARPAIO, Sheriff over Maricopa County Jail, individual and official capacity; LAYLA SHANAH, Surg eon at Maricopa County Hospital, individual and official capacity; MEREDITH HEBERER, Surgeon at Maricopa County Hospital, individual and official capacity; MARGARET SALAS, Provider at A.D.O.C. Tucson/Manzanita, individual and official capacity; NATALIE BEL L, Provider at A.D.O.C. Tucson/Rincon, individual and official capacity; ALICE WARREN, Provider at A.D.O.C. Tucson/Whetstone, No. 21

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D.C. No. 4:19

- cv

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- RCC

MEMORANDUM *

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36

- 3. 

# FILED

FEB 25 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

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individual and official capacity; MARICOPA COUNTY HOSPITAL, Institution, Maricopa County Hospital Integrated Health System;

STATE OF ARIZONA, Institution of Arizona; SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY, Court/Judge, Institution; MARICOPA

CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ADMINISTRATION, Maricopa Correctional Health Service Administration, Institution, Maricopa County Jail; ARIZONA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION CORIZON HEALTH, Institution; CORIZON MEDICAL, Institution, Corizon Medical A.D.O.C.; MARICOPA COUNTY JAIL, Institution; CHARLES RYAN, Director of A.D.O.C., individual and official capacity; TRACY NOLAN, Corizon Administration

Inst itution, Arizona department Corrections, individual and official capacity; KAREY WITTY, Corizon Administration Institution, Arizona department Corrections, individual and official capacity; B. ANDERSON FLATT, Corizon Administration Institution, Arizona dep artment Corrections, individual and official capacity; AYODEJI LADELE, Regional Medical Director for Corizon, individual and official capacity; SALAZAR, Doctor, Tucson Corizon, individual and official capacity; DAVID SHINN, Director, in his official capaci ty only,

Defendants

- Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Arizona Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding3 21

- 15583 Submitted February 15, 2022 * *
San Francisco, California

Before: FERNANDEZ, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Arizona state prisoner Demetrius A. Wilson appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate

indifference t o his serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We review de novo. Toguchi v. Chung , 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.

2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Wilson failed

to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were

deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. See id . at 1060

- 61 (holding

deliberate indifference is a high legal standard requiring a defendant be aware of

and disregard an excessive risk to an inmate’s health).

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for t he first time on

appeal. See Padgett v. Wright , 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

All pending requests are denied.

AFFIRMED.

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).