Legal Opinion
Christopher John MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark W. SIAS, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1996No. 95-36118PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Federal prisoner Christopher John Martin appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), of his Bivens 1 action for damages alleging that United States Probation Officer Mark W. Sias acted outside his authority in supervising Martin’s parole. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
We review a district court’s dismissal pursuant to section 1915(d) for abuse of discretion. Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 1733-34, 118 L.Ed.2d 340 (1992); Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49 F.3d 583, 584 (9th Cir.1995).
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Denton v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Cato v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by88 opinions
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