Court Opinion

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FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              OCT 23 2015

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LEE V. QUILLAR,                                  No. 14-15587

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:06-cv-02394-JAM-
                                                 KJN
 v.

D. SHANKLAND,                                    MEMORANDUM*

               Defendant - Appellee.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of California
                     John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted October 14, 2015**

Before:        SILVERMAN, BERZON, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

      Lee V. Quillar, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district

court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging denial of access

to the courts. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo,

and may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Enlow v. Salem-Keizer

          *
             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).
Yellow Cab Co., 389 F.3d 802, 811 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

      The district court properly granted summary judgment on Quillar’s access-

to-courts claim because Quillar failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as

to whether the alleged denial of his legal papers caused actual injury to a non-

frivolous legal claim. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 348-53 (1996) (access-to-

courts claim requires showing that the defendant’s conduct caused actual injury to

a non-frivolous legal claim).

      We reject Quillar’s argument that the district court erred in failing to

consider his retaliation claim, as this claim was not before the district court on

remand. We also reject Quillar’s contention that the district court abused its

discretion in failing to address his pending discovery motions, as no such motions

were pending.

      Quillar’s request for judicial notice, filed on June 10, 2014, is denied.

      Appellee’s request for judicial notice, filed on December 31, 2014, is

granted.

      AFFIRMED.

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