NOT FOR PUBLICATION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 Maricopa 

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, 

Surgeon 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 BELL, Provider at 

A.D.O.C. Tucson/Rincon, individual and 

official capacity; ALICE WARREN, 

Provider at A.D.O.C. Tucson/Whetstone, 

No. 21-15583 

D.C. No. 4:19-cv-00257-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

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
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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 

Institution, 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 department 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 capacity only, 

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Arizona

Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding
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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 to 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 the 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).