Pyles v. Fahim

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing portion of plaintiff-prisoner’s section 1983 action alleging that defendant-Warden was deliberately indifferent to wet stairs outside shower area of prison that plaintiff claimed was hazardous. Although plaintiff slipped on said stairs and injured his back, said stairs were not sufficiently dangerous so as to support 8th Amendment claim. Moreover, Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-prison doctor’s motion for summary judgment in portion of plaintiff’s action claiming that prison doctor was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s medical needs by failing to obtain second MRI on plaintiff’s back, since plaintiff’s disagreement with prison doctor as to appropriate course of medical treatment is insufficient to establish 8th Amendment claim.