Saavedra

MEMORANDUM **

Michael Saavedra, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging denial of access to the courts and retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We may affirm the decision of the district court for any reason supported by the record. See Brunson v. Nott, 62 F.3d 287 , 291 (9th Cir.1994). We review de novo the dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Saavedra’s claim for denial of access to the courts because Saavedra’s complaint failed to allege that defendants hindered his efforts to pursue a nonfrivolous legal claim in the U.S. Supreme Court. See Phillips v. Hast, 477 F.3d 1070, 1076 (9th Cir.2007) (setting forth requisite elements for denial of access to the courts claim).

Although Saavedra had exhausted his administrative remedies, the district court did not err in dismissing Saavedra’s First Amendment retaliation claim because Saavedra failed to allege that defendants’ actions were…