FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 27 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARK A. GODWIN, No. 14-16970
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:14-cv-00572-LJO-MJS
v.
MEMORANDUM*
DAWNA FRENCHIE REEVES,
Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Lawrence J. O’Neill, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 17, 2015**
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Former California state prisoner Mark A. Godwin appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various
constitutional violations in connection with his state criminal proceedings. We
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Resnick v. Hayes,
213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A); Barren v.
Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order) (dismissal under 28
U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Godwin’s federal claims because Judge
Reeves is immune from liability. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983; Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S.
9, 9, 11-12 (1991) (per curiam) (judges are absolutely immune from suits for
damages based on their judicial conduct except when performing nonjudicial
functions or acting in the complete absence of jurisdiction).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to exercise
supplemental jurisdiction over Godwin’s state law claims. See Ove v. Gwinn, 264
F.3d 817, 821, 826 (9th Cir. 2011) (setting forth standard of review and explaining
that “[a] court may decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over related
state-law claims once it has dismissed all claims over which it has original
jurisdiction” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
AFFIRMED.
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