Aaron Joseph Bishop v. SIJI THOMAS, Nurse Practitioner at Corizon Health;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
AARON JOSEPH BISHOP,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
SIJI THOMAS, Nurse Practitioner at
Corizon Health; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 20-17461
D.C. No. 2:19-cv-01757-JAT
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 8, 2021**
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.
Arizona state prisoner Aaron Joseph Bishop 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
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
NOV 17 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 20-17461
(9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Bishop failed
to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant Thomas was
deliberately indifferent in the treatment of Bishop’s knee pain. See id. at 1057-60
(deliberate indifference is a high legal standard; medical malpractice, negligence,
or a difference of opinion concerning the course of treatment does not amount to
deliberate indifference).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued
in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.

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