Case Name: Nathan SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. H.A. RIOS, Jr., Warden, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-23
Citations: 517 F. App'x 561
Docket Number: No. 12-16319
Parties: Nathan SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. H.A. RIOS, Jr., Warden, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 517
Pages: 561–562

Head Matter:
Nathan SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. H.A. RIOS, Jr., Warden, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-16319.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 16, 2013.
Filed April 23, 2013.
Nathan Smith, Pine Knot, KY, pro se.
Bureau of Prisons Regional Counsel, Stockton, CA, Litigation Coordinator, USP — Atwater, Atwater, CA, Victoria L. Boesch, Esquire, USSAC — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: CANBY, IKUTA, 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
Federal prisoner Nathan Smith appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), alleging that defendant Rios violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and 1915(e)(2). Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000); Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Smith's action because Smith failed to allege that defendant personally participated in the alleged constitutional violations. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 676, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) ("[0]fficials may not be held liable for the unconstitutional conduct of their subordinates under a theory of respondeat superior."); Hydrick v. Hunter, 669 F.3d 937, 942 (9th Cir.2012) ("Even under a deliberate indifference theory of individual liability, the Plaintiffs must still allege sufficient facts to plausibly establish the defendant's knowledge of and acquiescence in the unconstitutional conduct of his subordinates." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
To the extent that Smith alleges that defendant violated his constitutional rights in the processing of his grievance, Smith fails to state a claim because prisoners do not have a "constitutional entitlement to a specific prison grievance procedure." Ramirez v. Galaza, 334 F.3d 850, 860 (9th Cir.2003).
We do not consider matters 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 9th Cir. R. 36-3.