Anthony Gerard Lewis v. M. COLVIN, Senior Librarian; K. J. ALLEN, Appeals Examiner; S. MIRANDA, L.T.A.

17-15501Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDec 22, 2017

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ANTHONY GERARD LEWIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
M. COLVIN, Senior Librarian; K. J.
ALLEN, Appeals Examiner; S.
MIRANDA, L.T.A.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 17-15501
D.C. No. 5:15-cv-03335-BLF
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California
Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 18, 2017**
Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Anthony Gerard Lewis, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the
district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging
FILED
DEC 22 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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defendants denied him access to the courts. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1291. We review de novo. Jones v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 968 F.2d 937, 940 (9th
Cir. 1992). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Lewis’s access-to-
courts claim because Lewis failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to
whether he suffered any actual injury. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 348-51
(1996) (setting forth the elements of an access-to-courts claim and the actual injury
requirement).
AFFIRMED.
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