Charles Gregory Reece v. Alvaro C. Traquina

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CHARLES GREGORY REECE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
ALVARO C. TRAQUINA,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 14-16574
D.C. No. 2:10-cv-02949-JAM-
DAD
MEMORANDUM*
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
FILED
APR 20 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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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.
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