Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-27 21:01:30.518296+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        FEB 27 2024
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROY ALAN O’GUINN,                               No. 22-16521

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:20-cv-00273-CLB

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
LISA WALSH, Added on docket per ECF
No. 17 Screening Order; MARTIN JAMES
NAUGHTON, #12 SAC; M. SULLIVAN;
CHARLES DANIELS, #12 SAC;
MICHAEL MEDEV, #12 SAC; DEBBIE
KEENON, Added per ECF No. 17 Screening
Order,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Nevada
                   Carla Baldwin, Magistrate Judge, Presiding**

                          Submitted February 21, 2024***

Before:      FERNANDEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
            The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28
U.S.C. § 636(c).
      ***
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      Nevada state prisoner Roy Alan O’Guinn appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional

claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the

district court’s rulings on cross-motions for summary judgment. Hamby v.

Hammond, 821 F.3d 1085, 1090 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants on

O’Guinn’s claim for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs because

O’Guinn failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he had a

serious medical need. See Jett v. Penner, 439 F.3d 1091, 1096 (9th Cir. 2006) (a

serious medical need exists if a “failure to treat a prisoner’s condition could result

in further significant injury or the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain”

(internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 380

(2007) (an assertion that is “blatantly contradicted by the record, so that no

reasonable jury could believe it” will not create a genuine dispute of material fact

at summary judgment).

      The district court properly dismissed O’Guinn’s retaliation claim because

O’Guinn failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendant Walsh retaliated

against O’Guinn because of his protected conduct. See Rhodes v. Robinson, 408

F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005) (setting forth elements of a First Amendment

retaliation claim in the prison context).

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      O’Guinn’s motion regarding a medical appointment (Docket Entry No. 16)

is denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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