Young
Young v. Bowen
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Eddie Young, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that a prison official retaliated against him for filing a prison grievance. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo an order granting a motion to dismiss. Sacks v. Office of Foreign Assets Control, 466 F.3d 764, 770 (9th Cir.2006). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Young’s Second Amended Complaint because it failed to allege facts to suggest a causal nexus between Young’s protected conduct and the adverse action that the defendant allegedly took against him. See Pratt v. Rowland, 65 F.3d 802, 808 (9th Cir.1995); see also Sanders v. Brown, 504 F.3d 903, 910 (9th Cir.2007) (“Conclusory allegations and unreasonable inferences ... are insufficient to defeat a motion to dismiss.”). Moreover, the district court correctly determined that further amendment would be futile. See Steckman v. Hart Brewing, Inc., 143 F.3d 1293, 1298 (9th Cir.1998) (stating that the general rule that parties are allowed to amend their pleadings does not extend to cases where amendment would be futile).