Randal N. Wiideman v. Ron Angelone

12 F.3d 1111 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Randal N. WIIDEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ron ANGELONE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-15835. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1993. * Decided Dec. 6, 1993. Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ron Angelone, Director of the Nevada Department of Prisons ("NDOP"), appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Randal N. Wiideman in his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review de novo, DuFresne's Auto Service v. Shell Oil Co., 992 F.2d 920 , 924 (9th Cir.1993), and affirm. 3 The facts are not in dispute. Wiideman is a Nevada state prisoner who has received postage stamps for legal mail at NDOP's expense. Angelone instituted Administrative Directive 16-91, requiring indigent inmates to sign a "brass slip" entitling them to stamps without prepayment but authorizing the NDOP to…