Case Name: John Lester COX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C/O SAYWERS, Floor officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-17
Citations: 693 F. App'x 708
Docket Number: No. 16-35370
Parties: John Lester COX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C/O SAYWERS, Floor officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 693
Pages: 708–709

Head Matter:
John Lester COX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C/O SAYWERS, Floor officer; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-35370
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 11, 2017
Filed July 17, 2017
John Lester Cox, Pro Se
Candie M. Dibble, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office, Corrections Division, Spokane, WA, Jerry Patrick Scharosch, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Spokane, WA, for Defendants-Appellees C/O Saywers, Counselor Southwick, Counselor Kerr, Sergeant Bolinger, Brenda De-shazer
Jerry Patrick Scharosch, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Spokane, WA, for Defendant-Ap-pellee Maggie Miller-Stout
Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, 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
John Lester Cox, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's summary'judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging First Amendment retaliation claims. 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 for Saywers and Kerr because Cox failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether there was an absence of legitimate correctional goals for defendants' conduct. See Pratt v. Rowland, 66 F.3d 802, 806 (9th Cir. 1995) ("[A] successful retaliation claim requires a finding that the prison authorities' retaliatory action did not advance legitimate goals of the correctional institution or was not tailored narrowly enough to achieve such goals." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir. 1994) (preserving institutional order and discipline are legitimate peno-logical objectives).
The district court properly granted summary judgment for Southwick because Cox failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Southwick took any adverse action. See Watison v. Carter, 668 F.3d 1108, 1114 (9th Cir. 2012) (adverse action required for prisoner retaliation claim).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and alle gations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). We do not consider documents not filed with the district court. See United States v. Elias, 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.