NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 26 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
SAAHDI COLEMAN, No. 18-17146
Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:15-cv-00109-AWI-EPG
v.
MEMORANDUM*
P. FIGUEROA, Legal Librarian at CSATF,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 18, 2019**
Before: FARRIS, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Saahdi Coleman appeals pro se from the district
court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging an access-to-
courts claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo.
Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d 1262, 1267 (9th Cir. 2009). We affirm.
*
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).
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Coleman
failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether defendant Figueroa
caused Coleman’s injury. See Harper v. City of Los Angeles, 533 F.3d 1010, 1026
(9th Cir. 2008) (in order to sustain a § 1983 claim, the plaintiff must establish that
the defendant’s conduct was the cause-in-fact and proximate cause of the claimed
injury).
We do not consider issues or arguments not specifically and distinctly raised
in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.
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