Beagles
Beagles v. Miller-Stout
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Ronald Beagles, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging denial of access to the courts, retaliation, denial of equal protection, and that his transfer violated Fed. R.App. P. 23(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissals for failure to state a claim under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Beagles’s claim that he was denied access to the law library because he failed to allege actual injury. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 349 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996).
The district court properly dismissed Beagles’s retaliation claim because he failed to allege that his transfer and placement in administrative segregation did not serve a legitimate penological goal. See Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 532 (9th Cir.1985).
The district court properly dismissed Beagles’s equal protection claim because he failed to allege facts demonstrating that prison officials intended to discriminate against him when they allegedly transferred…