William Schenck v. Mary Lou Whalen Russell Bartlett G. Edwards, Lt. D. McGilly Lt. Tana Wood

95 F.3d 1158 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William SCHENCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary Lou WHALEN; Russell Bartlett; G. Edwards, Lt.; D. McGilly, Lt.; Tana Wood, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-35953. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 19, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Washington state prisoner William Schenck appeals pro se the district court's Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that defendants violated his procedural due process rights by downgrading his institutional level from minimum to medium status. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 1 3 We review de novo a district court's Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal. Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d 1446, 1447 (9th Cir.1987). Before dismissing a pro se litigant's complaint, a district court must afford the litigant an opportunity to…