U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996

Ernest E. Allen v. N. Lee Conner Richard Mack Lenny Lipsutz

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 14, 1996

87 F.3d 1317; 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 31385; 1996 WL 329600 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Opinion

87 F.3d 1317

NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
Ernest E. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
N. Lee CONNER; Richard Mack; Lenny Lipsutz, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 95-17246.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 11, 1996.*
Decided June 14, 1996.

Before: CANBY, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM**

Federal prisoner Ernest E. Allen appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that his constitutional right of access to the courts was violated when he was placed in administrative segregation without access to a law library or his legal materials. We vacate and remand pursuant to Lucas v. California Dep't of Corrections, 66 F.3d 245, 248 (9th Cir. 1995) (district court must give pro se prisoner litigants notice prior to treating a motion to dismiss as one for summary judgment) and Arreola v. Mangaong, 65 F.3d 801, 802 (9th Cir. 1995) (district court must advise pro se prisoner litigants that Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 requires submission of responsive evidence in opposition to a summary judgment motion).

VACATED AND REMANDED.

The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); 9th Cir.R. 34-4

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir.R. 36-3

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