Malik Muhammad v. J. Rubia

MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner Malik Ali Muhammad appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and may affirm on any ground supported by the record, Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare Sys., 534 F.3d 1116, 1121 (9th Cir.2008). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Muhammad’s due process claim because he received all of the process that he was due related to an allegedly false rules violation report, including written notice of the charges and a disciplinary hearing at which he was found not guilty of the violation. See Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 563-64 , 94 S.Ct. 2963 , 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974) (procedural due process claim requires showing a denial or a lack of advance written notice and an opportunity to be heard).

Dismissal of Muhammad’s access-to-courts claim was proper because prisoners are not entitled to access the courts to file civil lawsuits against private parties. See Cornett v.…