FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 02 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JUAN MORENO HAINES, No. 08-17394
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:06-cv-02211-RMW
v.
MEMORANDUM *
W. HILL, Associate Warden; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of California
Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 19, 2010 **
Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Juan Moreno Haines, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the
district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that
defendants denied him access to the courts. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
§ 1291. We review de novo. Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir. 1994)
(per curiam). We affirm.
Haines contends that prison officials violated his right to access the courts
by not treating his letter to the California Claims Board as legal mail. The district
court properly granted summary judgment because Haines did not demonstrate that
the defendants caused him an actual injury. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343,
353-55 (1996) (explaining actual injury requirement).
Haines’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
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