James McConnell v. Karen King Andrea Spillars William Webster Jeremiah Nixon John Munich Bruce Farmer

James McConnell, a Missouri inmate, appeals the district court’s 1 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. McConnell claimed that the past and present Attorney General of Missouri, three assistant attorneys general, and the chief counsel of the office’s litigation division violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by representing Missouri prison officials in other lawsuits McConnell had filed.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing McConnell’s claims pursuant to section 1915(d). See Denton v. Hernandez, — U.S. -, -, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 1734,…