Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 08-56465. Attorney(S) Jack Bruce Winters, Jr., Esquire, Winters Associates, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Paul J. Coony, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees. Judges Ferdinand Francis Fernandez Ronald Murray Gould Acts Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — United States Magistrate Judges — Court Officers And Employees — Jurisdiction, Powers, And Temporary Assignment The Public Health And Welfare — Civil Rights — Generally — Civil Action For Deprivation Of Rights Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — Courts Of Appeals — Jurisdiction And Venue — Final Decisions Of District Courts See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION Andrew BORGERDING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees. MEMORANDUM This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Former California state prisoner Andrew Borgerding appeals from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a grant of summary judgment. Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004). We reverse and remand. Summary judgment was improper because Borgerding established a triable issue as to whether defendants acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs by failing to ensure the timely removal of his impacted wisdom teeth. A reasonable jury could conclude that defendant Gorton was deliberately indifferent to Borgerding's health in delaying extraction because he observed Borgerding enduring the painful effects of the impacted wisdom teeth for at least a year, he knew that two prior dentists had already concluded that extraction was necessary, and there is expert testimony suggesting that Gorton's treatment violated well-accepted standards of dental care. See Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 332 (9th Cir. 1996) (holding that where a prisoner shows that the course of treatment the doctors chose was "medically unacceptable under the circumstances, . . . in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to [the prisoner's] healthy" he will have shown deliberate indifference); see also Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1058. Similarly, summary judgment for defendant Van Mohr was improper, given that Borgerding demonstrated a triable issue as to whether Van Mohr was aware that Borgerding's lower wisdom teeth were in need of extraction, yet failed to take medically-necessary responsive measures. See id. REVERSED and REMANDED.