MEMORANDUM **

Charles Villacres, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison conditions violated his Eighth Amendment rights and that he was denied access to the courts because his cell lacked a desk area. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam), and we affirm.

Villacres admitted in his complaint that he never filed a grievance with prison officials regarding his claims. The district court, therefore, properly dismissed his action without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a); Booth v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 741, 121 S.Ct. 1819, 149 L.Ed.2d 958 (2001).

AFFIRMED.