Case Name: Alberto Jose DEL MUROGUERRERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fernando ARRIOLA, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-30
Citations: 581 F. App'x 664
Docket Number: No. 13-55134
Parties: Alberto Jose DEL MUROGUERRERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fernando ARRIOLA, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 581
Pages: 664–665

Head Matter:
Alberto Jose DEL MUROGUERRERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fernando ARRIOLA, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-55134.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 25, 2014.
Filed June 30, 2014.
Alberto Jose Del Muro-Guerrero, San Diego, CA, pro se.
Beth A. Clukey, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: HAWKINS, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, 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
Alberto Jose del Muro-Guerrero appeals pro se from the district court's judgment in his action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs while in federal custody. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Ford v. City of Yakima, 706 F.3d 1188, 1192 (9th Cir.2013) (per curiam) (cross-motions for summary judgment). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants because del Muro-Guerrero failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants acted with deliberate indifference by denying surgery for a nasal obstruction. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057-58, 1060 (9th Cir.2004) (deliberate indifference is a high legal standard, and is met only if the defendant knows 'of and disregards an excessive risk to the inmate's health; a mere difference in opinion concerning the course of treatment is insufficient); see also Simmons v. Navajo County, Ariz., 609 F.3d 1011, 1017 (9th Cir.2010) ("Although the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, rather than the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment, applies to pretrial detainees, we apply the same standards in both cases[.]" (internal citation omitted)).
We do not consider matters 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) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.