David Hensley, Plaintiff-appellant, v. California Men's Colony East, Defendant,anddr. Stover; Dr. Bresler, Defendants-appellees, 108 F.3d 337 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^** 

David Hensley, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment in favor of prison officials in Hensley's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, see McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1059 (9th Cir. 1992), and we affirm.

We conclude that Hensley's claims concerning defendants' treatment of his severe lower back pain amounted to no more than a difference of opinion about his medical treatment. See Sanchez v. Vild, 891 F.2d 240, 242 (9th Cir. 1989). Hensley failed to create a triable issue of fact that defendants either purposefully ignored or failed to respond to his serious medical needs. See Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1334 (9th Cir. 1990) (stating that, to prove deliberate indifference, plaintiff must establish more than mere negligence or isolated instances of neglect).

Accordingly, we conclude that the district court did not err by granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. See McGuckin, 974 F.2d at 1060.

AFFIRMED.¹