Schenck

Schenck v. Bledsoe

Good Law
124 F. App'x 592
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 4, 2005No. 03-35248; D.C. No. CV-02-05037-FDBCalifornia293 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

William Schenck, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s *593 summary judgment in favor of corrections officials in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that, while Schenck was a pretrial detainee in the Cowlitz County jail, he was denied access to the courts. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . 1 We review summary judgment de novo, Bahrampour v. Lampert, 356 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Schenck failed to present evidence that his alleged lack of access to a law library and legal materials caused him to suffer actual injury to his constitutional right of access to the courts. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 351-53, 355 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996).

Schenck’s remaining contentions lack merit.

Schenck’s motion to file a late reply brief is granted.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the *593 courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

. Appellees’ motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction is denied. We conclude that Schenck’s request for a…

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