Opinion ID: 2720885
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Heading: Mr. Lewis’s civil rights case

Text: Finally, Mr. Lewis asserts the deficiencies in the law library and the legal assistance program at NCDC hindered his ability to bring a civil rights challenge in this case to his conditions of confinement. ROA at 230, 259. His allegations are unclear, but in any event, he cannot show that he was prejudiced in pursuing his civil legal claims. Although the district court dismissed his first complaint, it did so without prejudice and expressly granted leave to amend. From his new detention facility in Platte County, Wyoming, Mr. Lewis filed a lengthy amended complaint that cites and discusses numerous federal legal authorities. See generally id. at 198-361. Whereas Mr. Lewis alleged he “could not litigate effectively” in NCDC because he “had no federal materials while he was in Natrona’s facility,” he expressly -21- alleged his new facility in Platte County provided “[t]he bare bone essentials” to “[l]itigate with meaning and effect.” ROA at 258-59 (brackets omitted); see also id. at 259 (“This facility provides that (Platte County).”). Given that Mr. Lewis has failed to allege that any deficiency in federal materials or the legal assistance program at NCDC “prejudiced” his civil rights action, Trujillo, 465 F.3d at 1226 (quotations omitted), we conclude he fails to state a claim on this front.