Ronald Adams v. P. L. VAZQUEZ and C. GIPSON

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).
09-16230
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RONALD ADAMS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
P. L. VAZQUEZ and C. GIPSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 09-16230
D.C. No. 1:05-cv-00671-OWW-
WMW
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 13, 2010**
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Ronald Adams, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate
indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
FILED
OCT 07 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), Huftile v.
Miccio-Fonseca, 410 F.3d 1136, 1138 (9th Cir. 2005), and 28 U.S.C. § 1915A,
Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000), and may affirm on any
ground supported by the record, O’Guinn v. Lovelock Corr. Ctr., 502 F.3d 1056,
1059 (9th Cir. 2007). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Adams’s deliberate indifference claims
because Adams alleges, at most, differences of opinion between himself and the
prison health care staff, and among the prisons’ health care staff, about the
appropriate course of treatment. See Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1058 (9th
Cir. 2004) (differences of opinion are insufficient to establish deliberate
indifference).
The district court properly dismissed Adams’s due process claim based on
defendants’ allegedly improper processing and disposition of his grievances
because he has no due process right to the handling of grievances in any particular
manner. See Mann v. Adams, 855 F.2d 639, 640 (9th Cir. 1988) (order).
AFFIRMED.

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