Case Name: Tyrone L. GARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert ASHCRAFT; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-03-19
Citations: 225 F. App'x 603
Docket Number: No. 06-15620
Parties: Tyrone L. GARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert ASHCRAFT; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 225
Pages: 603–604

Head Matter:
Tyrone L. GARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert ASHCRAFT; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-15620.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2007.
Filed March 19, 2007.
Tyrone L. Garner, Lovelock, NV, pro se.
Kelly S. Werth, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, Carson City, NV, Andrea Nichols, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, Reno, NV, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: KOZINSKI, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Tyrone L. Garner, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se fi-om the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging prison officials denied him access to the courts by mishandling his legal mail. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Buono v. Norton, 371 F.3d 543, 545 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants Ashcraft and Neven because Garner failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether either Ashcraft or Neven personally participated in the mishandling of Garner's legal mail. See Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989) (liability under section 1983 arises only upon a showing of personal participation by the defendant in the alleged constitutional deprivation).
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendants Perkins and Lightsey because Garner failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Perkins or Lightsey acted with anything other than negligence. See Stevenson v. Koskey, 877 F.2d 1435, 1441 (9th Cir.1989) (mere negligence does not sustain a due process claim under section 1983).
Garner's remaining contentions lack merit.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.