Woods v. Lewis

78 F.3d 596 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lee Five X WOODS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS; J.C. Keeney; John R. Thompson; John R. Hallahan; Fred Ballard; P. Weimeschkirch; Charles Flanagan; C. Vincifora; Chaplain Kennedy, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-15985. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 4, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lee Five X Woods, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal for failure to obey a court order and for mootness of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against defendant prison officials. Woods alleged that defendants violated Woods's civil rights by prohibiting him from receiving two religious books. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm in part, and reverse in part, and remand. 3 After independently reviewing the record, we conclude that the district court abused…