Hector Clyde Wood v. Manfred Maass, Superintendant

19 F.3d 32 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Hector Clyde WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Manfred MAASS, Superintendant, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-35127. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 22, 1994. * Decided March 2, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Hector Clyde Wood, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Wood claims that the defendants deprived him of his constitutional right of access to the courts by interfering with the dispatch and delivery of his legal mail between September 5, 1989 and August 30, 1990. 1 In addition, Wood contends that the district court erred by dismissing his claim without affording him an opportunity to obtain discovery. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review de novo, Oscar v. University Students…