Monroe Jones v. Law Librarian Folsom State Prison

999 F.2d 543 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Monroe JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAW LIBRARIAN FOLSOM STATE PRISON, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15301. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 6, 1993. * Decided July 14, 1993. Before TANG, POOLE and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The appellant challenges the district court's order dismissing with prejudice his § 1983 case in which he claimed he was denied access to the courts. We affirm the district court. I. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS 3 Relying on Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (1977), the appellant brought a civil rights action claiming denial of meaningful access to the courts because the law librarian at his prison would not give him a pen to write legal documents. 1 A magistrate dismissed the complaint because the appellant had failed to allege how the lack of a pen caused actual injury, but gave the appellant thirty days to amend to show actual injury.…