Case Name: Kurt Jeffrey ANGELONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael FURST, Psychiatrist; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-22
Citations: 389 F. App'x 618
Docket Number: No. 09-35437
Parties: Kurt Jeffrey ANGELONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael FURST, Psychiatrist; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 618–620

Head Matter:
Kurt Jeffrey ANGELONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael FURST, Psychiatrist; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-35437.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 29, 2010.
Filed July 22, 2010.
Kurt Jeffrey Angelone, Aberdeen, WA, pro se.
Clarke Johnson, Johnson Graffe Keay & Moniz, Tacoma, WA, Douglas W. Carr, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, 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
Kurt Jeffrey Angelone, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of his federal constitutional rights. 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 in part, vacate in part, and remand.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on the Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Figueroa, Wu, Amaru, Rossi, and Furst because Ange-lone failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether their treatment of his headaches and decisions regarding medications constituted deliberate indifference. See id. at 1057-60 (a prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health, and a difference of opinion concerning the appropriate course of treatment generally does not amount to deliberate indifference).
The district court properly granted summary judgment to defendant Furst on An-gelone's privacy claims because Angelone failed to present any evidence supporting his claim that Furst violated his constitutional or legal rights. See Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir.1989) (nonmov-ing party must present significant probative evidence supporting its claim that material, triable issues of fact remain).
However, the district court erred in dismissing Angelone's claims against Furst without addressing his claim of retaliation under the First Amendment. - In his verified complaint and opposition, Angelone alleged that Furst threatened to, and did, lie to Angelone's medical provider about Angelone being a benzodiazepines seeker, in retaliation for Angelone exercising his First Amendment rights, thereby causing Angelone to be taken off Valium. Viewed in the light most favorable to Angelone, this could raise a genuine issue of material fact regarding Furst's intent that Ange-lone be taken off Valium. See Bruce v. Ylst, 351 F.3d 1283, 1288-89 (9th Cir.2003) (summary judgment not appropriate where inmate raised a genuine issue as to whether the stated penological goal for the allegedly retaliatory act was not legitimate). Accordingly, we remand for the district court to consider this claim in the first instance.
Angelone's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
The parties shall bear their own costs on appeal.
AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part, and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.