Court Opinion

ID: 620559
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Date Created: 2012-01-10 01:01:43+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            JAN 09 2012

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTHONY LEWIS,                                   No. 11-15288

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:10-cv-00601-RCJ-
                                                 RAM
  v.

ROBASCOITTI; et al.,                             MEMORANDUM *

               Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Nevada
                     Robert Clive Jones, Chief Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted December 19, 2011 **

Before:        GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

       Anthony Lewis, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. §1983 action alleging various

constitutional violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We

review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Barren v. Harrington,

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order). We affirm.

         The district court properly dismissed Lewis’s action because Lewis failed to

allege facts showing that defendants deprived him of any constitutional right. See

Long v. County of Los Angeles, 442 F.3d 1178, 1185 (9th Cir. 2006) (“To state a

claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege . . . that a right secured by the

Constitution or laws of the United States was violated[.]”); see also Farmer v.

Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 837 (1994) (“[D]eliberate indifference” is evidenced only

when “the official knows of and disregards an excessive risk to inmate health or

safety[.]”); Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 567-68 (9th Cir. 2005) (setting forth

elements of a First Amendment retaliation claim); Oltarzewski v. Ruggiero, 830

F.2d 136, 139 (9th Cir. 1987) (“Verbal harassment or abuse . . . is not sufficient to

state a constitutional deprivation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.” (citation, internal

quotation marks, and brackets omitted)).

         The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying leave to amend

because it is clear from the face of the complaint that the deficiencies could not be

cured by amendment. See Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir.

1995).

         Lewis’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

         AFFIRMED.

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