Case Name: Bruce Darrell WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Subhash JOSHI, M.D.; Todd Foxworth, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-22
Citations: 73 F. App'x 727
Docket Number: No. 02-41611
Parties: Bruce Darrell WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Subhash JOSHI, M.D.; Todd Foxworth, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 727–727

Head Matter:
Bruce Darrell WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Subhash JOSHI, M.D.; Todd Foxworth, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 02-41611.
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 22, 2003.
Bruce Darrell Williams, Huntsville, TX, pro se.
Shannon Merideth O’Reilly, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bruce Darrell Williams, Texas prisoner #746494, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)® and (ü). He argues that he broke his hand and that due to the deliberate indifference of Subhash Joshi, M.D., he was denied appropriate medical treatment. Williams asserts that he developed reflex sympathetic distrophy (RSD)_due to Dr. Joshi's negligence and that surgery will be necessary to correct the problem. Unsuccessful medical treatment, negligence, and medical malpractice are insufficient to give rise to a constitutional violation. Because Dr. Joshi's actions amount at most to negligence or medical malpractice, the district court did not err in dismissing Williams's complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B)® and (ii).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
. See Varnado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir.1991).
. Id.