Steven Martin v. D Hoffman

MEMORANDUM

Steven A. Martin, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment entered after a jury trial on his retaliation claim in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s order denying summary judgment, Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 397 F.3d 692, 698 (9th Cir.2005), and for an abuse of discretion the district court’s decisions related to managing its case, Pierce v. County of Orange, 526 F.3d 1190, 1196 (9th Cir.2008). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Pritikin v. Dep’t of Energy, 254 F.3d 791 , 796 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.

Because Martin failed to provide a transcript of the trial, we are unable to review Martin’s contentions challenging the district court’s evidentiary rulings, that he was kept fastened to a leg restraint during trial, and that the district court declined to help him formulate objections during trial. See Fed. R.App. P. 10(b)(2); Syncom Capital Corp. v. Wade, 924 F.2d 167, 169 (9th Cir.1991).

The district court properly denied Martin’s motion for summary judgment on his Fourteenth Amendment claim because he enjoyed no due process…