Merwin Michael Hill v. State of Arizona, Arizona Department of Corrections William Benge Thomas Kyele C. Aydett

17 F.3d 394 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Merwin Michael HILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, Arizona Department of Corrections; William Benge; Thomas Kyele; C. Aydett, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15602. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1994. * Decided Feb. 22, 1994. 1 Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Merwin Michael Hill, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 civil rights action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915 (d). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part. 4 We review a Sec. 1915(d) dismissal for abuse of discretion. Denton v. Hernandez, 112 S.Ct. 1728, 1734 (1992). Pursuant to Sec. 1915(d), the district court may sua sponte dismiss a frivolous in forma pauperis action before service of process. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 318 , 324 (1989). An action is frivolous if it…