Case Name: Darryle WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-01-25
Citations: 363 F. App'x 474
Docket Number: No. 09-15243
Parties: Darryle WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 363
Pages: 474–476

Head Matter:
Darryle WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-15243.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 11, 2010.
Filed Jan. 25, 2010.
Darryle Williams, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Constance L. Picciano, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Catherine Woodbridge Guess, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: BEEZER, TROTT, and BYBEE, 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
Darryle Williams, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and for abuse of discretion the denial of a request for the appointment of counsel, Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.1991), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Williams's dissatisfaction with the medical treatment that he received constituted, at most, a difference of medical opinion, which is insufficient to establish deliberate indifference. See Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1058 ("[A] mere difference of medical opinion is insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish deliberate indifference.") (internal quotation marks, ellipses, and brackets omitted).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Williams's request for the appointment of counsel because the record does not demonstrate the necessary exceptional circumstances. See Terrell, 935 F.2d at 1017.
Williams's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.