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Robert L. ROSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of MONTANA; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 10-35048.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 8, 2011.
    
    Filed March 18, 2011.
    Robert L. Rose, Deer Lodge, MT, pro se.
    Before: FARRIS, O’SCANNLAIN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Robert L. Rose, a Montana state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional right to access the courts. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Rose’s access-to-courts claims because either they pertained to state law tort causes of action, or Rose failed to allege facts showing how defendants’ acts hindered his efforts to pursue challenges to his criminal conviction or prison conditions. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354-55, 116 S.Ct. 2174,135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (the right to access the courts is limited to cases in which prisoners challenge their convictions or prison conditions); Phillips v. Hust, 588 F.3d 652, 655 (9th Cir.2009) (to state an access-to-courts claim, “an inmate must show that official acts or omissions hindered his efforts to pursue a [non-frivolous] legal claim” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing the complaint without leave to amend because the defects of Rose’s complaint are not curable. See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc) (a district court need not grant leave to amend if the defects of the complaint cannot be cured).

Rose’s remaining contentions, including those concerning a preliminary injunction, are unpersuasive.

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