Kevin B. Dickinson, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director, of the Arizona Department Ofcorrections in His Individual and Official Capacity; Stuartm. Miles, Acting Assistant Deputy Warden, Arizona Stateprison Complex-florence, South Unit in His Individual Andofficial Capacity; Carlos Garcia, Sergeant and Coordinatorof Discipline in His Individual and Official Capacity;dallas Thomas, Correctional Program Officer, Arizona Stateprison-florence-south Unit in His Individual and Officialcapacity; Warren, Lt., Lieutenant in His Individual Andofficial Capacity; F.w. Griffiths, Deputy Warden, Arizonastate Prison Complex-florence in His Individual and Officialcapacity; D.l. Vassaur, Correctional Program Officer Andacting As Grievance Coordinator in His Individual Andofficial Capacity; Shari Bowman, in Her Individual Andofficial Capacity; and Molly Rodriguez, in Her Individualand Official Capacity, Defendants-appellees, 92 F.3d 1191 (9th Cir. 1996)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Kevin B. Dickinson, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his request for a preliminary injunction. We dismiss Dickinson's appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Dickinson asked the district court to compel defendants to grant him indigent status so that he may receive basic hygiene supplies such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and deodorant. Dickinson's appeal from the district court's denial of his preliminary injunction is moot because Dickinson has subsequently been transferred to another unit within the prison and has been approved for indigent status. See American Casualty Co. v. Baker, 22 F.3d 880, 896 (9th Cir. 1994) (stating that a case is moot if there is no "present controversy as to which effective relief can be granted"). Accordingly, we dismiss Dickinson's appeal of the denial of injunctive relief for lack of jurisdiction. See Sample v. Johnson, 771 F.2d 1335, 1338 (9th Cir. 1985) (holding that federal courts lack jurisdiction to decide moot issues), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1019 (1986).

DISMISSED.¹