Blum

MEMORANDUM **

Nancy Ann Blum, a former federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment following a bench trial awarding her $1 in nominal damages, but denying her request for compensatory and punitive damages in her Bivens action. Blum alleged that Prison Warden C.E. Floyd violated her First Amendment rights by retaliating against her because Blum had filed lawsuits and administrative grievances against him. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review district court judgments denying compensatory damages for clear error, Johnson v. Hale, 13 F.3d 1351, 1352 (9th Cir.1994), and judgments denying punitive damages for abuse of discretion, Fair Hous. of Marin v. Combs, 285 F.3d 899, 906 (9th Cir.2002). We affirm.

The district court did not err by denying Blum’s request for compensatory damages because Blum failed to establish that any injuries she may have suffered were caused by Floyd’s violation of her First Amendment rights. See Memphis Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Stachura, 477 U.S. 299, 307-10 , 106 S.Ct. 2537 , 91 L.Ed.2d 249 (1986).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Blum’s request for punitive damages because even if she…