Unpublished Disposition, 902 F.2d 39 (9th Cir. 1990)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Steven R. King, appeals pro se the district court's grant of the defendants' motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. King contends that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. We affirm.

King is an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex who is afflicted with the skin disease porphyria. King filed an amended complaint which detailed the medical care that he received at the institution and his objections to the treatments. The complaint acknowledges that over an 8-month period, he was seen by physician assistants ten times; had five different lab tests, and was seen by outside medical consultants three times.

The district court concluded that the allegations in the amended complaint did not amount to a violation of King's constitutional rights.¹  We review de novo. Kruso v. Int'l Tel & Tel Corp., 872 F.2d 1416, 1421 (9th Cir. 1989).

We agree with the district court that King can allege no set of facts which would entitle him to relief. See Experimental Engineering v. United Technologies, 614 F.2d 1244, 1246 (9th Cir. 1980). King's amended complaint demonstrates that he has received medical treatment. His main complaint is that this treatment is inadequate. However, differences in judgment between an inmate and prison medical personnel does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. See Shields v. Kunkel, 442 F.2d 409, 410 (9th Cir. 1971).

AFFIRMED.