Case Name: Richard SIMONS, Plaintiff, v. NEVADA BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS et al., Defendants
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-30
Citations: 103 F. Supp. 3d 1220
Docket Number: No. 3:14-cv-00652-RCJ-WGC
Parties: Richard SIMONS, Plaintiff, v. NEVADA BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement 3d
Volume: 103
Pages: 1220–1221

Head Matter:
Richard SIMONS, Plaintiff, v. NEVADA BOARD OF PAROLE COMMISSIONERS et al., Defendants.
No. 3:14-cv-00652-RCJ-WGC.
United States District Court, D. Nevada.
Signed April 30, 2015.
Richard Simons, Indian Springs, NV, pro se.
Lori M. Story, Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for Defendants.

Opinion:
ORDER
ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.
This is a prisoner civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court now screens the Complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and dismisses it, without leave to amend.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiff Richard Simons is a prisoner in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. He sued three members of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners (the "Board") and the Board itself in state court for violations of his Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights based on Defendants' revocation of his parole. Defendants removed.
II. LEGAL STANDARDS
District courts must screen cases in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or its officers or employees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). A court must identify any cognizable claims and must dismiss claims that are frivolous, malicious, insufficiently pled, or directed against immune defendants. See id. § 1915A(b)(l)-(2). Pleading standards are governed by Rule 12(b)(6). Wilhelm v. Rotman, 680 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir.2012). When a court dismisses a complaint upon screening, the plaintiff should be given leave to amend the complaint with directions as to curing its deficiencies, unless it is clear from the face of the complaint that the deficiencies could not be cured by amendment. Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir.1995).
III.ANALYSIS
First, parole board members "are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for decisions to grant, deny, or revoke parole because these tasks are functionally comparable to tasks performed by judges." Swift v. California, 384 F.3d 1184, 1189 (9th Cir.2004) (internal quotation marks omitted). Second, § 1983 claims based on parole determinations are categorically barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994) unless and until the determination is overturned via writ of habeas corpus. Butterfield v. Bail, 120 F.3d 1023, 1024-25 (9th Cir.1997) (citing Elliott v. United States, 572 F.2d 238, 239 (9th Cir.1978)).
CONCLUSION
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Complaint is DISMISSED, without leave to amend.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Stay (ECF No. 2) is DENIED as moot.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall enter judgment and close the case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.