MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Tyrone Wallace appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging excessive force under the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment because Wallace failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the force was not applied in a good faith effort to restore prison discipline. See Whitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312, 319, 106 S.Ct. 1078, 89 L.Ed.2d 251 (1986); see also Karam v. City of Burbank, 352 F.3d 1188, 1194 (9th Cir. 2003) (speculation as to defendant’s improper motive does not rise to the level of evidence sufficient to state a triable issue of fact).

AFFIRMED.