CHARLES REECE V. ALVARO TRAQUINA, No. 14-16574 (9th Cir. 2016)

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FILED APR 20 2016 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CHARLES GREGORY REECE, Plaintiff - Appellant, No. 14-16574 D.C. No. 2:10-cv-02949-JAMDAD v. ALVARO C. TRAQUINA, MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 13, 2016** Before: FARRIS, TALLMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Charles Gregory Reece, 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 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Cir. 2004). We affirm. The district court properly granted summary judgment because Reece failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant was deliberately indifferent to the treatment of his hypertension. See id. at 1057-58 (a prison official is deliberately indifferent only if he or she “knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)). AFFIRMED. 2 14-16574

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