Case Name: David Wayne WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOVEY; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-05
Citations: 369 F. App'x 844
Docket Number: No. 08-16019
Parties: David Wayne WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOVEY; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 369
Pages: 844–845

Head Matter:
David Wayne WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John DOVEY; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 08-16019.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed March 5, 2010.
David Wayne Wilson, Lancaster, CA, pro se.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
David Wayne Wilson, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing with prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments due to lack of privacy in his medical care and medical information. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Wilson's Eighth Amendment claim because he failed to allege that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs under Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994). Wilson's claim that no medical or security personnel should be present at his psychiatric appointments amounts to a disagreement with the way that treatment is provided, which is insufficient to assert a claim of deliberate indifference. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th Cir.2004). Moreover, Wilson fails to allege any physical symptoms or the type of harm required for a deliberate indifference claim under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e). See Oliver v. Keller, 289 F.3d 623, 627-28 (9th Cir.2002).
The district court also properly dismissed Wilson's Fourteenth Amendment claim because the presence of nurses, psychiatric technicians, and correctional officers during Wilson's medical appointments served legitimate penological interests in maintaining order and providing security. See Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396, 412, 94 S.Ct. 1800, 40 L.Ed.2d 224 (1974), overruled in part on other grounds by Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 109 S.Ct. 1874, 104 L.Ed.2d 459 (1989); see also Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89, 107 S.Ct. 2254, 96 L.Ed.2d 64 (1987) (establishing four-factor test to analyze prisoners' constitutional claims).
Wilson's remaining contentions are not persuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.