Case Name: Richard Everett Lee GURULE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John HANLIN, Sheriff; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-01
Citations: 584 F. App'x 428
Docket Number: No. 13-36051
Parties: Richard Everett Lee GURULE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John HANLIN, Sheriff; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 428–428

Head Matter:
Richard Everett Lee GURULE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John HANLIN, Sheriff; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-36051.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2014.
Filed Aug. 1, 2014.
Richard Everett Lee Gurule, pro se.
Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, 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
Oregon state prisoner Richard Everett Lee Gurule appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892 (9th Cir.2011) (dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order) (dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Gurule's action because Gurule failed to allege facts demonstrating that defendants were deliberately indifferent in diagnosing and treating his rheumatoid arthritis while he was housed at the Douglas County Jail. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057-58, 1060 (9th Cir.2004) (deliberate indifference is a high legal standard; medical malpractice, negligence, a difference of medical opinion, or a prisoner's difference of opinion with the physician regarding the course of treatment is not sufficient); see also Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir.2010) (although pro se pleadings are to be liberally construed, a plaintiff must still present factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief); Clouthier v. County of Contra Costa, 591 F.3d 1232, 1241-42 (9th Cir.2010) (the deliberate indifference standard applies to pretrial detainees because pretrial detainees' Fourteenth Amendment rights are comparable to prisoners' Eighth Amendment rights).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.