Unpublished Disposition, 907 F.2d 154 (9th Cir. 1990)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Dennis Nelson Fixel, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se and in forma pauperis the district court's order dismissing his lawsuit against two United States District Judges, a United States Magistrate, and the United States. Fixel sued under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and numerous federal statutes. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), the district court dismissed the action because the in forma pauperis complaint was frivolous.

The judgment is affirmed. The judicial officers are absolutely immune from Fixel's Bivens-type claims. Ryan v. Bilby, 764 F.2d 1325, 1328 (9th Cir. 1985). The claims under federal penal statutes are "patently frivolous." Loehr v. Ventura County Community College Dist., 743 F.2d 1310, 1320 (9th Cir. 1984). And the United States is protected by sovereign immunity because the Federal Tort Claims Act is not available to Fixel. McQuade v. United States, 839 F.2d 640, 642 (9th Cir. 1988).

Fixel has not merely failed to state a claim against any of the defendants, he has proceeded on "indisputably meritless legal theor [ies]." Neitzke v. Williams, 109 S. Ct. 1827, 1833 (1989). Therefore, because Fixel's complaint lacks any arguable basis in law, it was properly dismissed as frivolous within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). See id. at 1831.

AFFIRMED.