Mendoza v. McCarger

131 F. App'x 543

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 13, 2005
• Docket: No. 04-15829; D.C. No. CV-01-00646-WBS/KJM
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Ramon Z. Mendoza, III, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional right to access the courts. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants because Mendoza failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the prison library’s mishandling of his legal documents caused his claimed injury. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 351, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996).

AFFIRMED.

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