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Willie BELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. V.M. ALMAGER, Warden; et al, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 08-56636.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 29, 2010.
    
    Filed July 20, 2010.
    Willie Bell, Jr., Imperial, CA, pro se. Attorney General for the State of California, Esquire, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      
         The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Willie Bell, Jr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Nelson v. Heiss, 271 F.3d 891, 893 (9th Cir.2001), and may affirm on any basis supported by the record, Forest Guardians v. U.S. Forest Serv., 329 F.3d 1089, 1097 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Bell’s claim concerning his failed attempt to mail a package containing a watch before it was confiscated because regulations requiring Bell to pay for postage from his trust account, rather than supply his own stamps, do not implicate a constitutionally protected interest. See Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995) (only deprivations that impose restraint exceeding an inmate’s sentence in an unexpected manner give rise to protection “by the Due Process Clause of its own force” and only “atypical, significant deprivation[s] in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life” give rise to state-created liberty interests).

The district court properly dismissed Bell’s claim concerning the handling of his grievances because inmates have no protected due process rights in grievance procedures. See Mann v. Adams, 855 F.2d 639, 640 (9th Cir.1988) (order).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Bell’s motion for a preliminary class injunction and his motion for class certification because non-attorney plaintiffs may not act in a representative capacity. See Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc., 546 F.3d 661, 664 (9th Cir.2008). Moreover, to the extent that Bell sought an ex parte injunction on his own behalf, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying it on the ground that Bell failed to meet, or justify not meeting, applicable notice requirements. See Fed. R.Civ.P. 65(b).

The district court also did not abuse its discretion by denying Bell’s motion for appointment of counsel because he failed to establish exceptional circumstances. See Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328, 1331 (9th Cir.1986).

Bell’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.