Tudor Chirila v. David Zenoff

67 F.3d 306 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Tudor CHIRILA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David ZENOFF, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-15598. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 18, 1995. * Decided Sept. 27, 1995. Before: BROWNING, GOODWIN, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** Tudor Chirila appeals pro se the district court's Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 civil rights action against family-law judge David Zenoff ("Justice Zenoff"). Chirila alleged that Justice Zenoff violated Chirila's due process rights by holding him in contempt of court and incarcerating him in violation of Nevada law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We review de novo, Kruso v. International Tel. & Tel. Corp., 872 F.2d 1416 , 1421 (9th Cir.1989), cert. denied, 496 U.S. 937 (1990), and we affirm. Chirila contends that the district court erred by dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim because…