Merle L. Royse v. Joseph D. Lehman Michael Ponti Walter L. Kautzky Chase A. Riveland

34 F.3d 1073 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Merle L. ROYSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph D. LEHMAN; Michael Ponti; Walter L. Kautzky; Chase A. Riveland, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-36118. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 3, 1994. * Decided Aug. 9, 1994. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 Merle L. Royse, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment for defendants in Royse's 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated Royse's constitutional rights by failing to provide Royse with a television set in order to watch prison educational programs. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review de novo, Tipton v. University of Hawaii, 15 F.3d 922 , 925 (9th Cir.1994), and affirm. 2 Summary judgment is appropriate if the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, shows that no genuine issues of material…