Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit May 28, 2002, No. 01-16824; D.C. No. CV-00-00611-GEB/JFM (Van Mathis v. Hickman)

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Cardell Van Mathis appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing without leave to *654amend his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by opening his legal mail outside his presence and disclosing its contents to the defendants in another one of Mathis’s pending civil actions.