Gordwin

Murphy v. Gordwin

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262 F. App'x 776
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 28, 2007No. 06-16924California328 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

Byron Murphy, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his civil rights action against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and one of its agents. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the dismissal of a prisoner’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

The defendants are federal actors, therefore Murphy’s claims arise under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 , 91 S.Ct. 1999 , 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). Ting v. United States, 927 F.2d 1504, 1513 (9th Cir.1991) (A Bivens claim “is a judicially created cause of action against federal officers arising under the United States Constitution ...”).

The district court properly dismissed Murphy’s claims against defendant FBI Agent Gordwin because the vague and conclusory allegations in Murphy’s amended complaint failed to state any civil rights violation. See Ivey v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir.1982) (“Vague and conclusory allegations of official participation in civil rights violations are not…

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