Robert Allen Hoke v. Fife Symington, Governor of the State of Arizona Grant Woods, Attorney General Samuel A. Lewis, Director

92 F.3d 1192 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert Allen HOKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fife SYMINGTON, Governor of the State of Arizona; Grant Woods, Attorney General; Samuel A. Lewis, Director, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-16125. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 29, 1996. * Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge; SCHROEDER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 Robert Allen Hoke, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (3) action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e)(2)(B)(i). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. 2 We review the district court's dismissal before service of process for abuse of discretion. See Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 33 (1992); Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49 F.3d 583, 584 (9th Cir.1995). The district court may dismiss an in forma pauperis complaint as frivolous if it "lacks an arguable basis in law or in fact."…