Danny R. Sanders v. Susan McElroy Correctional Officer S. Bray, Correctional Lieutenant M. Leatherman, Correctional Lieutenant

28 F.3d 108 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Danny R. SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Susan McELROY, Correctional Officer; S. Bray, Correctional Lieutenant; M. Leatherman, Correctional Lieutenant, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16112. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 24, 1994. * Decided June 8, 1994. Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 California state prisoner Danny R. Sanders appeals pro se the district court's judgment, following a bench trial, in favor of prison officials in Sanders's action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 , alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when correctional officers seized and misplaced Sanders's papers. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. OPERATIONS MANUAL 3 Sanders contends that the district court erred in excluding evidence consisting of "documents governing rules, regulations and policy ... which consisted of the…