Proctor v. Sood

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants-prison medical officials’ motion for summary judgment in plaintiff-prisoner’s section 1983 action alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs by failing to order colonoscopy and endoscopy to diagnose his persistent abdominal pain. Record showed that: (1) plaintiff’s abdominal pain and colon spasms were investigated thoroughly, and that defendants’ investigation substantiated only diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome; and (2) defendants performed series of tests that could not pinpoint source of abdominal pain. Fact that defendants did not order colonoscopy was matter of medical judgment that was not actionable in instant section 1983 action.