Court Opinion

ID: 4217009
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Date Created: 2017-11-01 20:01:40.517064+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        NOV 1 2017
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GERRY JOHNS,                                    No. 17-55623

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:14-cv-02995-MMA-
                                                KSC
 v.

J. ZAMORA, Registered Nurse,                    MEMORANDUM*

                Defendant-Appellee.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of California
                   Michael M. Anello, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted October 23, 2017**

Before:      LEAVY, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

      Gerry Johns, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment in 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. Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.

      *
             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).
2004). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment because Johns failed

to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant Zamora was

deliberately indifferent in treating Johns’ forearm injury. See id. at 1057-60 (a

prison official acts with deliberate indifference only if he or she knows of and

disregards an excessive risk to the prisoner’s health; negligence and a mere

difference in medical opinion are insufficient to establish deliberate indifference);

Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 746 (9th Cir. 2002) (prisoner alleging deliberate

indifference based on delay in treatment must show that delay led to further

injury).

      AFFIRMED.

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