Ralph Bouma v. Anita White

32 F.3d 572 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ralph BOUMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anita WHITE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-35865. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 3, 1994. * Decided Aug. 15, 1994. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ralph Bouma appeals pro se the district court's order granting defendant's motion to dismiss his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Bouma contends that Anita White, the Clerk of Court for Pondera County, Montana, deprived him of his constitutional right to access to court by failing to file certain documents and a corresponding judgment by default relating to a twenty-year-old lawsuit. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 1 3 We review de novo the district court's dismissal for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Oscar v. University Students Co-operative Ass'n, 965 F.2d 783, 785 (9th…