Case Name: Esau ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S. RIVAS, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-17
Citations: 486 F. App'x 648
Docket Number: No. 11-55439
Parties: Esau ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S. RIVAS, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 648–649

Head Matter:
Esau ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S. RIVAS, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-55439.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 9, 2012.
Filed Oct. 17, 2012.
Esau Rogers, Imperial, CA, pro se.
Stephen Alexander Aronis, Office of The California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, Neah Huynh, Deputy Attorney General, Office of The California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants Appellee.
Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Esau Rogers appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that Rivas searched his cell in retaliation for an administrative grievance that Rogers had filed against Rivas over a year earlier. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Brodheim v. Cry, 584 F.3d 1262, 1267 (9th Cir.2009), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Rogers failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether his protected conduct motivated the search of his cell and whether the search reasonably advanced a legitimate penological goal. See id. at 1270 (explaining elements of a retaliation claim); see also Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989) ("A summary judgment motion cannot be defeated relying solely on conclusory allegations unsupported by factual data.").
We decline to consider those documents submitted by Rogers that were not presented to the district court. See Fed. R.App. P. 10(a); United States v. Sanchez-Lopez, 879 F.2d 541, 548 (9th Cir.1989).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.