Roy Lee Pierce v. Robert Mallon George William Woessner Eloise Ferguson, James McAdam American Airlines

86 F.3d 1163 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roy Lee PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert MALLON; George William Woessner; Eloise Ferguson, James McAdam, American Airlines, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55454. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 20, 1996. * Decided May 29, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Roy Lee Pierce, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his petition for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Pierce seeks nominal and punitive damages for the harm he suffered after agents of American Airlines opened a package intended for him and found it to contain 508 grams of cocaine. Pierce's criminal conviction was affirmed in 1990, 1 and the denial of his motion for collateral relief was affirmed in 1992. 2 3 In this Bivens action he argues that he had standing to challenge the search,…