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ANTHONY GERARD LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. COLVIN, Senior Librarian; K. J. ALLEN, Appeals Examiner; S. MIRANDA, L.T.A., Defendants-Appellees.
MEMORANDUM*
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 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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Docket No: No. 17-15501
Decided: December 22, 2017
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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