Case Name: Bradley VANDYKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-17
Citations: 486 F. App'x 669
Docket Number: No. 11-17380
Parties: Bradley VANDYKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 669–670

Head Matter:
Bradley VANDYKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-17380.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 17, 2012.
Bradley Vandyke, Vacaville, CA, pro se.
Damon Grant McClain, Deputy Associate General Counsel, AGCA-Offiee Of The California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, 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
Bradley VanDyke, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his safety by failing to protect him from gang violence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Togu- chi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because VanDyke failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendants knew of and disregarded an excessive risk to his safety. See Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837, 114 S.Ct. 1970, 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (a prison official cannot be found liable for failing to protect one inmate from another "unless the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety"); Berg v. Kincheloe, 794 F.2d 457, 462 (9th Cir.1986) (a dispute over the existence of arguably superior alternatives to the action taken by prison officials will not defeat summary judgment).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.