Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 18, 2001, No. 00-15686; D.C. No. CV-97-00382-MJJ (Clement v. Gomez)

MEMORANDUM **

Francis Scott Clement, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials retaliated against him in violation of his right to petition the government for redress of grievances. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 815 (9th Cir.