Christopher Thomas v. Rw Stevwing, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Christopher Eugene Thomas, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging retaliation and other federal claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Hamilton v. Brown, 630 F.3d 889, 892 (9th Cir.2011) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir.2004) (summary judgment); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Thomas’s retaliation claim against Stevwing because Thomas failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Stevwing was responsible for the termination of Thomas’s prison job or transfer to another unit. See Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559 , 567-68 (9th Cir.2005) (elements of a retaliation claim in the prison context); see also Preschooler II v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Bd. of Trs., 479 F.3d 1175 , 1183 (9th Cir.2007) (discussing causation under § 1983).

The district court properly dismissed Thomas’s access-to-courts claim because Thomas failed to allege facts…