Court Opinion

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       AUG 27 2019
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EDWIN TURNER,                                   No.    18-15923

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:17-cv-01486-CRB

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
L. NOLAN; et al.,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of California
                    Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted August 19, 2019**

Before:      SCHROEDER, PAEZ, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      California state prisoner Edwin Turner appeals pro from the district court’s

summary judgment in his action alleging deliberate indifference and retaliation

claims related to the treatment of his heart palpitations and pain. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Toguchi v. Chung, 391

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Turner’s

deliberate indifference claim because Turner failed to raise a genuine dispute of

material fact as to whether defendants were deliberately indifferent in the treatment

of Turner’s heart palpitations and pain. See id. at 1057-60 (deliberate indifference

is a high legal standard; a difference of medical opinion concerning the course of

treatment, negligence, or medical malpractice does not amount to deliberate

indifference).

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Turner’s

retaliation claim against defendants Jacobsen and Risenhoover because Turner

failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether these defendants

took any adverse action against him because of his protected conduct. See Rhodes

v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005) (elements of a retaliation claim

in the prison context); see also Wood v. Yordy, 753 F.3d 899, 905 (9th Cir. 2014)

(“[M]ere speculation that defendants acted out of retaliation is not sufficient.”).

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to exercise

supplemental jurisdiction over Turner’s state law claim. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1367(c)(3) (permitting district court to decline supplemental jurisdiction if it has

“dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction”); Costanich v. Dep’t

of Soc. & Health Servs., 627 F.3d 1101, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010) (standard of review).

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      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).

      AFFIRMED.

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