McVay

MEMORANDUM **

Washington state prisoner Raymond Dale McVay appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison grievance counselors conspired to and did retaliate against him for filing prison grievances and a tort claim. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo both a district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim and summary judgment. Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815-16 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam). We affirm.

*924 The district court properly granted summary judgment on MeVay’s retaliation claims because he failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether defendants filed a major infraction against him in response to his filing two grievances and a tort claim alleging that correctional officers broke his typewriter during a cell search. See Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir.2005) (internal citations omitted).

The district court properly dismissed MeVay’s conspiracy claims because conelusory allegations are insufficient to state a section 1983 claim for relief. See Wood-rum v. Woodward County, 866 F.2d 1121 , 1126 (9th…