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Case: 21-40826    Document: 00516698410       Page: 1    Date Filed: 04/03/2023

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                          Fifth Circuit

                                                                        FILED
                                                                     April 3, 2023
                               No. 21-40826
                             Summary Calendar                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                        Clerk

   Carlos M. Moreland,

                                                        Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                    versus

   Don’Shay McCoy, Hep C Specialist Physician;
   Dr. Lannette Linthicum, Supervisor Hep. C. Clinic
   Protocol, Hep. C. Clinic Treatment Committee; Kirk D.
   Abbott, co-chair of the Correctional Managed Health
   Care Committee-Joint Infection Control Committee;
   Sara Hancock; Jessica Khan, Medical Doctor; Chris E.
   Black, co-chair of the Correctional Managed Health
   Care Committee-Joint Infection Control Committee,

                                                     Defendants—Appellees.

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 2:18-CV-269
Case: 21-40826       Document: 00516698410             Page: 2      Date Filed: 04/03/2023

                                        No. 21-40826

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Appellant Carlos Moreland is an inmate in the custody of the Texas
   Department of Criminal Justice. He brought a pro se Section 1983 action
   against various defendants in August 2018, alleging that the state’s
   Hepatitis C treatment policy is constitutionally deficient and that his medical
   care providers were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. He
   also moved for a preliminary injunction and an order finding Defendants
   guilty of “obstruction of justice.” Defendants asserted qualified immunity
   and moved for summary judgment.
          The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s rigorous 42-page
   memorandum and recommendation, granted summary judgment in favor of
   Defendants, and dismissed Moreland’s motions. Moreland now appeals,
   largely rehashing the arguments he made below.
          The court has carefully considered this appeal in light of the briefs, the
   record, and the opinion of the district court. Having done so, we conclude
   Moreland’s arguments are meritless. See Gibson v. Collier, 920 F.3d 212,
   220–21 (5th Cir. 2019) (rejecting deliberate indifference claim where inmate
   failed to show “consensus in the medical community” regarding particular
   treatment policies); Gobert v. Caldwell, 463 F.3d 339, 346 (5th Cir. 2006)
   (holding prisoner’s disagreement with medical treatment does not constitute
   deliberate indifference, absent exceptional circumstances). Accordingly,
   Moreland fails to show that the district court erred.
          For the foregoing reasons, the district court’s judgment is
   AFFIRMED.

          *
              Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion
   should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set
   forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

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