Robascoitti

MEMORANDUM

Anthony Lewis, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e)(2). Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Lewis’s action because Lewis failed to allege facts showing that defendants deprived him of any constitutional right. See Long v. County of Los Angeles, 442 F.3d 1178, 1185 (9th Cir.2006) (“To state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege ... that a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States was violated[.]”); see also Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994) (“[D]eliberate indifference” is evidenced only when “the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or safety[.]”); Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir.2005) (setting forth elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim); Oltarzewski v. Ruggiero, 830 F.2d 136, 139 (9th Cir.1987) (“Verbal harassment or abuse ... is not…