LYONS v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY (2018)

MEMORANDUM ***

Derrick Lyons appeals the district court's order adopting the magistrate judge's finding and recommendation and granting summary judgment for Defendants on Lyons's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim of inadequate medical care while he was a pretrial detainee. We have jurisdiction over Lyons's appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

We review a district court's grant of summary judgment de novo. Fair Hous. Council of Riverside Cty., Inc. v. Riverside Two, 249 F.3d 1132, 1135 (9th Cir. 2001). Summary judgment is appropriate when “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). In making this determination, courts view all facts and reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Davis v. United States, 854 F.3d 594, 598 (9th Cir. 2017). This Court may affirm the district court on any ground supported by the record. Experian Info. Sols., Inc. v. Nationwide Mktg. Servs. Inc., 893 F.3d 1176, 1187 (9th Cir. 2018).

Here, although the district court did not have the benefit of Gordon v. County of Orange, 888 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2018), there is sufficient evidence in the record to affirm the district court. The record shows no objective deliberate indifference by Defendants in response to Lyons's dental issue given the frequency of medical appointments and the lack of any evidence that it was a dental emergency. See id. at 1124–25. Therefore, nothing in the record gives rise to a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Defendants’ conduct was objectively unreasonable.

Affirmed.