Samuel Song v. John Ignacio Donald I. Helling Craig Farwell Debra Mann Bennie McGuinness

98 F.3d 1346 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Samuel SONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John IGNACIO; Donald I. Helling; Craig Farwell; Debra Mann; Bennie McGuinness, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-17071. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 7, 1996. * Decided Oct. 9, 1996. Before: BEEZER, KOZINSKI, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Samuel Song, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review for abuse of discretion a district court's dismissal of a complaint as frivolous. 1 Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49 F.3d 583, 584 (9th Cir.1995) (per curiam). We affirm. 3 Song contends that the district court erred by dismissing his action because mandatory language in Nevada prison regulations creates a liberty interest in a prisoner's reclassification and transfer to another prison. This…