Case Name: William Hubert Loyd BRANDSTATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TREATMENT FACILITY; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-21
Citations: 585 F. App'x 518
Docket Number: No. 13-17201
Parties: William Hubert Loyd BRANDSTATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TREATMENT FACILITY; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 518–519

Head Matter:
William Hubert Loyd BRANDSTATT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TREATMENT FACILITY; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-17201.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 14, 2014.
Filed Oct. 21, 2014.
William Hubert Loyd Brandstatt, Coa-linga, CA, pro se.
Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, 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
William Hubert Loyd Brandstatt, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing 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 a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and 1915(e)(2). Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Brandstatt's action because Brandstatt failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendants acted with deliberate indifference by failing to provide him with combination drug treatment for his Hepatitis C. 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 prison official "knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health"; to prevail on a claim involving choices between alternative courses of treatment, an inmate must show that the chosen course of treatment was both medically unacceptable and chosen in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to the in mate's health (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); 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 present factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief); Nat'l Ass'n for Advancement of Psychoanalysis v. Cal. Bd. of Psychology, 228 F.3d 1043, 1049 (9th Cir.2000) ("[W]e may consider facts contained in documents attached to the complaint").
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.