Case Name: Keith L. BLACKWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-15
Citations: 443 F. App'x 255
Docket Number: No. 10-15986
Parties: Keith L. BLACKWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 443
Pages: 255–256

Head Matter:
Keith L. BLACKWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 10-15986.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 12, 2011.
Filed July 15, 2011.
Keith L. Blackwell, Albuquerque, NM, pro se.
Jonathan Benjamin Paul, Esquire, Rivera & Associates, Jill Scally, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: SCHROEDER, ALARCÓN, and LEAVY, 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
Former California state prisoner Keith L. Blackwell appeals pro se from the district court's judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by acting with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo both the district court's dismissal of claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, Sapp v. Kimbrell, 623 F.3d 813, 821 (9th Cir.2010), and its summary judgment ruling, Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1131 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the claims against Pennywell, Escobar, McGrew-Reese, and Lawhorn for failure to exhaust because Blackwell did not exhaust his claims against these defendants prior to filing suit. See Woodford v. Ngo, 548 U.S. 81, 85, 93-95, 126 S.Ct. 2378, 165 L.Ed.2d 368 (2006) ("proper exhaustion" is mandatory and requires adherence to administrative procedural rules); McKinney v. Carey, 311 F.3d 1198, 1199-1200 (9th Cir.2002) (per curiam) (administrative remedies must be exhausted before suit is filed); see also Griffin v. Arpaio, 557 F.3d 1117, 1120 (9th Cir.2009) (grievance must alert prison officials to the nature of the wrong for which redress is sought).
The district court properly granted summary judgment to Vo because Blackwell failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Vo acted with deliberate indifference. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057 (9th Cir.2004) (defendants are deliberately indifferent only when they know of and disregard a substantial risk of serious harm); Franklin v. Or. State Welfare Div., 662 F.2d 1337, 1344 (9th Cir.1981) ("A difference of opinion between a prisoner-patient and prison medical authorities regarding treatment does not give rise to a § 1983 claim.").
Blackwell's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.