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_______________________ P E R C U R I A M. A pp el l ant, V ernel l S ebrel l , com m enced t his act i on byfi l i ng a on e-page p ro se compl ai ntagai ns tt he Phi l adel phi a D i s t r i ctA t t or ney . A m ong ot hert hi ngs , Sebr el l al l eged that the D istri ct A tt o rne yfa il ed to b ri n g “c o rrup t cop s” to justi ce an d v iolated S eb rell ’s c iv il r ig h ts b yf

a ilin g to in v e s tig a te c o m p la in ts o f “ te rr o ri s tic th re a ts b yp o lic e o f f ic e rs .”T h e D istric t C o u rt g ra n ted S e b re ll’s m o tio n f o r le a v e to p ro c e e d in f o rm a p a u p e ris a n d d ism iss e d th e c o m p lain t p u rsu a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 9 1 5 (e )(2 )(B )(ii) f o r f a ilu re to sta te a cl ai m . T he D i stri ctC ou rtno t ed thateven un der a l i beral readi ng of the pro se compl ai nt , Sebr el l fai l ed t o al l ege a n act i onabl e cons t i tut i onal vi ol at i on orconductt hat fal l s out s i de the s cope of t he D i s t r i ctA t t or ney ’ s i m m uni t yfr om s ui t . Sebr el l t i m el yfi l ed th is a p p e a l. W e have appel l at e j ur i s di ct i on pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. W e have gr ant ed Sebr el l l eave t o pr ocee d i n form a paupe r i s on appea l and w i l l di s m i s s t he appe al pur s uant to 2 8 U . S . C . § 1 9 1 5 (e)(2)(B )(i ). I ns ofaras Sebr el l fi l ed thi s act i on i n an ef for tt o r ecove rm oneydamages ( a fa ct th a t is u n c le a r f

ro m th e c o m p la in t) , th e D is tr ic t A tto rn e yis p la in ly im m u n e f ro m s u it. Im b ler v. P ac h tm an , 4 2 4 U . S . 4 0 9 (19 7 6 ); K u lw icki v . D aw so n , 9 6 9 F . 2 d 1 4 5 4 (3d C ir . 1992) . T o t he ext entt hatSebr el l s oughtan uns peci fi ed form of i nj unct i ve r el i ef, or m e re ly so u g h t “

ju s tic e ,” th e d is tr ic t c o u rt lik e w is e p ro p e rl yd is m is s e d th e c o m p la in t. U rruti a v . H arrisbu rg C o u n tyP o li ce D ep ’t , 9 1 F . 3 d 4 5 1 , 4 6 2 (3d C ir . 1 9 9 6 ). S eb rell ’s al l egat i ons s i m pl ydo nots t at e an a ct i onabl e cl ai m upon w hi ch r el i ef c an be gr ant ed. A cc o rdin g ly , w e w il l dism iss th e a p p ea l pu rsua n t t o § 1 9 1 5 (e)(2)(B )(i ).