Stephen v. Sparks

92 F.3d 1194 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jimmie Earl STEPHEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. K. SPARKS, Legal Technician; A. Peterson, Senior Librarian; R.A. Ballard, Lt.; Pam Smith, Steward, Senior Staff Counsel; J.T. Clarke, Litigation Coordinator, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 29, 1996. * Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge; SCHROEDER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jimmie Earl Stephen, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment for prison officials in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging a constitutionally-inadequate prison law library as well as racially-discriminatory practices in library staff hiring. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court's grant of summary judgment, McGuckin v. Smith, 974 F.2d 1050, 1059 (9th Cir.1992), and we vacate and remand for further…