Case Name: Keith Wayne SEKERKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jason SILVA, Doctor, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-04-26
Citations: 472 F. App'x 802
Docket Number: No. 10-57011
Parties: Keith Wayne SEKERKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jason SILVA, Doctor, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 472
Pages: 802–802

Head Matter:
Keith Wayne SEKERKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jason SILVA, Doctor, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 10-57011.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 17, 2012.
Filed April 26, 2012.
Keith Wayne Sekerke, Tehachapi, CA, pro se.
Scott Wm. Davenport, Manning & Kass, Irvine, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BEA, 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
Keith Wayne Sekerke, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. 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 Sekerke's evidence, including his verified complaint, failed to raise a genuine dispute as to whether defendant Silva acted with deliberate indifference in treating his infection and headaches. See id. at 1057-58, 1060 (a difference of opinion about the preferred course of medical treatment does not constitute an Eighth Amendment violation and a "showing of medical malpractice or negligence is insufficient to establish a constitutional deprivation").
Sekerke's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.