Case Name: Peter HALLORAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patty SELLS, Nurse Practitioner at Saguaro Correctional Facility, sued in her individual capacity; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-10-03
Citations: 658 F. App'x 334
Docket Number: No. 14-16126
Parties: Peter HALLORAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patty SELLS, Nurse Practitioner at Saguaro Correctional Facility, sued in her individual capacity; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 658
Pages: 334–335

Head Matter:
Peter HALLORAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patty SELLS, Nurse Practitioner at Saguaro Correctional Facility, sued in her individual capacity; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-16126
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted September 27, 2016
Filed October 3, 2016
Peter Halloran, Aiea, HI, Pro Se.
Kevin L. Nguyen, Jamie Dennise Guzman, Rachel Love, Daniel Patrick Struck, Managing Senior Counsel, Struck, Wien-eke & Love, PLC, Chandler, AZ.
Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, 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
Peter Halloran, a Hawaii state prisoner housed in Arizona, appeals pro se from the • district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his health and safety. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Halloran failed to raise, a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent to his seizure and equilibrium disorders, or to his safety. See id. at 1057-GO (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety; neither a difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment nor mere negligence in diagnosing or treating a medical condition amounts to deliberate indifference).
We do not consider issues or arguments not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
We reject as without merit Halloran's contention that the district court erred by failing to advise him of any alleged right to counsel.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.