Ernest E. Allen, Plaintiff-appellant, v. N. Lee Conner; Richard Mack; Lenny Lipsutz, Defendants-appellees, 87 F.3d 1317 (9th Cir. 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.