Howard Lee Vaughn, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. P.l. Kernan; A.c. Newland; J.j. Silva; D.k. Sisto; D.mckinney; R. Casillas; D.h. Fortin, Defendants-appellees, 107 F.3d 19 (9th Cir. 1997)

MEMORANDUM^** 

California state prisoner Howard Lee Vaughn, Jr. appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment for defendants in Vaughn's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated his equal protection rights in their administration of inmate job, housing, lockdown, and movie selection procedures. Vaughn also alleged that defendant Fortin retaliated against him for using the prison's grievances system. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Vaughn contends that the district court erred by granting defendants summary judgment on his equal protection and retaliation claims. This contention lacks merit.

Upon our independent obligation to consider jurisdictional questions sua sponte, see Duffy v. Riveland, 98 F.3d 447, 453 (9th Cir. 1996), we conclude that Vaughn lacked standing to prosecute his equal protection claims because he only presented a generalized grievance regarding defendants' inmate job, housing, lockdown, and movie selection procedures, see Hickman v. Block, 81 F.3d 98, 103 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 276 (1996). Specifically, Vaughn failed to allege and demonstrate that he suffered actual injury from defendants' allegedly unconstitutional conduct. See Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-63 (1992); Hickman, 81 F.3d at 101. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's summary judgment for defendants on Vaughn's equal protection claims. See Hickman, 81 F.3d at 103.

Because Vaughn failed to demonstrate that Fortin engaged in a retaliatory act, we affirm the district court's judgment for defendant Fortin on Vaughn's retaliation claim. See Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815-16 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED.