Case Name: Jay Lynn PEMBER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Al RAMOS; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-06
Citations: 679 F. App'x 590
Docket Number: No. 15-15627
Parties: Jay Lynn PEMBER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Al RAMOS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 679
Pages: 590–591

Head Matter:
Jay Lynn PEMBER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Al RAMOS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 15-15627
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Súbmitted August 16, 2016 San Francisco, California
Filed March 6, 2017
Jay Lynn Pember, Pro Se
Michael E. Gottfried, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees Al Ramos, Unknown Heet, Stacey Crabtree, Unknown Wood, Unknown Ford
Neil Singh, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appel-lees Unknown Baird, Unknown Danels, Unknown Freeland
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, 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
Arizona state prisoner Jay Lynn Pem-ber appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Lemire v. Cal. Dep't of Corr. & Rehab., 726 F.3d 1062, 1074 (9th Cir. 2013). We affirm in part,. reverse in part, and remand.
The district court granted summary judgment for defendant Dr. Baird. However, Defendants' argument that there was a difference of medical opinion regarding Pember's need for surgery was unsupported by admissible evidence. See Nissan Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Fritz Cos., 210 F.3d 1099, 1102 (9th Cir. 2000) ("A moving party without the ultimate burden of persuasion at trial ,.. has both the initial burden of production and the ultimate burden of persuasion on a motion for summary judgment."); see also Orr v. Bank of Am., NT & SA, 285 F.3d 764, 773 (9th Cir. 2002) ("A trial court can only consider admissible evidence in ruling on a motion for summary judgment . [and] authentication is a condition precedent to admissibility." (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)). None of the exhibits cited by Defendants were authenticated, and there were no declarations by Dr. Baird, Dr. Marsella, or anyone else, or any explanation for the failure to submit such evidence. More broadly, the original recommendation for surgery was rendered in 2009. The different medical opinion (assuming that the exhibits could be authenticated) was not rendered until two years later in 2011. There was no explanation for the delay, during which time there was no opinion identified to us other than the one recommending surgery. It could be concluded that the failure to perform the surgery or to obtain any other medical opinion during that extended period constituted deliberate indifference. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir. 1996) (plaintiff can show deliberate indifference if "the course of treatment the doctors chose was medically unacceptable under the circumstances"). Accordingly, we reverse the judgment for Dr. Baird and remand for further proceedings.
Because Pember only challenges summary judgment on his deliberate indifference claim against Dr. Baird, we affirm the remainder of the district court's summary judgment.
The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.