Case Name: Ivan KILGORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen KELLY; Jagdeep Bal; James R. Wedell; Gabriel S. Borges; Marcus Winton; Gloria Forshay; Nancy Dunn; Gregory Hampton, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-10-22
Citations: 620 F. App'x 640
Docket Number: No. 14-16023
Parties: Ivan KILGORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen KELLY; Jagdeep Bal; James R. Wedell; Gabriel S. Borges; Marcus Winton; Gloria Forshay; Nancy Dunn; Gregory Hampton, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 620
Pages: 640–641

Head Matter:
Ivan KILGORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen KELLY; Jagdeep Bal; James R. Wedell; Gabriel S. Borges; Marcus Winton; Gloria Forshay; Nancy Dunn; Gregory Hampton, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-16023.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 13, 2015.
Filed Oct. 22, 2015.
Ivan Kilgore, pro se.
Kelli Hammond, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, Thomas S. Patterson, Esquire, Supervisory, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, John Randall Andrada, Esquire, Terrence James Brasch, Andrada & Associates Professional Corporation, Oakland, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge and HAWKINS and McKEOWN, 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
Ivan Kilgore, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's order granting summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Kilgore alleged that eight named defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary. judgment because Kilgore did not raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether any of the defendants were deliberately indifferent in treating an inverted papilloma in his right nostril.. See id. at 1058 (prison officials act with deliberate indifference only if they know of and disregard an excessive risk to a prisoner's health). Although Kilgore disagreed with the length and course of treatment prescribed by his doctors, a difference of opinion about treatment options does not amount to an Eighth Amendment violation. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir.1996). Notably, Kilgore's prison doctors referred him to ear-and- throat specialists at the University of California — Davis. Any delay in treatment was not caused by deliberate indifference but was due at least in part to the hospital's internal scheduling practices. Kilgore continued to meet regularly with prison doctors throughout the time period at issue.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Kilgore's other claims, as well. Kilgore raised no genuine issue of material fact as to whether defendant Kelly either knew of a constitutional violation and failed to prevent it, see Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989), or implemented a policy that was "the moving force" behind a constitutional violation, Hansen v. Black, 885 F.2d 642, 646 (9th Cir.1989) (quoting Thompkins v. Belt, 828 F.2d 298, 304 (5th Cir.1987)). Nor did Kilgore raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether other prison officials acted with deliberate indifference when they administered Kilgore's post-surgery prescriptions and pain medications. See Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1057.
We deny Winton's motion to strike Kil-gore's reply as untimely. We deny Kil-gore's request for appointment of counsel and a medical expert. See, e.g., Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir.2009) (setting forth "exceptional circumstances" requirement for appointment of counsel). We are unpersuaded by Kilgore's remaining contentions.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.