Case Name: Charles F. CARDONE, Appellant v. Paula RYAN; E. Stephen Callaway; Attorney General; E. Scott Bradley; T. Henley Graves; Melanie Withers; Lawrence Sullivan; Judge Richard Stokes; Michael R. Abram
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-02-02
Citations: 215 F. App'x 153
Docket Number: No. 06-3338
Parties: Charles F. CARDONE, Appellant v. Paula RYAN; E. Stephen Callaway; Attorney General; E. Scott Bradley; T. Henley Graves; Melanie Withers; Lawrence Sullivan; Judge Richard Stokes; Michael R. Abram.
Judges: BEFORE: SLOVITER, CHAGARES and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 215
Pages: 153–154

Head Matter:
Charles F. CARDONE, Appellant v. Paula RYAN; E. Stephen Callaway; Attorney General; E. Scott Bradley; T. Henley Graves; Melanie Withers; Lawrence Sullivan; Judge Richard Stokes; Michael R. Abram.
No. 06-3338.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted For Possible Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) Jan. 19, 2007.
Filed: Feb. 2, 2007.
Charles F. Cardone, Smyrna, DE, pro se.
Ophelia M. Waters, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.
BEFORE: SLOVITER, CHAGARES and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.
(*Amended pursuant to order of 7/26/06).

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Charles F. Cardone, a Delaware state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the District Court's dismissal of his complaint as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b)(l). Be cause we agree with the District Court and conclude that this appeal is frivolous as well, we will dismiss it pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B).
Cardone filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants have "eroded" his due process rights ever since he has "had the misfortune of coming into contact [with them] through Delaware's legal system[.]" Such contact was occasioned by Cardone's prosecution for and conviction of three crimes, the sentences for which the Delaware Supreme Court recently affirmed. See generally Cardone v. State, No. 397,2005, 2006 WL 686588 (Del. Mar. 17, 2006). The defendants are all judges or lawyers, and include the judge who presided over Cardone's trial (appellee Graves), the prosecutor (appellee Ryan) and Cardone's appointed counsel (appellee Abram). Also named as defendants are two other judges (appellees Bradley and Stokes), the Delaware Public Defender and a lawyer in his office (appellees Sullivan and Callaway, respectively), another prosecutor (appellee Withers) and the Delaware Attorney General.
Cardone alleges that "each defendant" has denied his "numerous requests" and, in particular, that he "requested motions to be filed, search for evidence to prove [his] innocence, bail reviews to reduce [his] bail, only to be ignored." Cardone further alleges that he has filed disciplinary complaints against appellees Abram and Graves, which were dismissed. Cardone seeks damages and requests that the District Court "[p]ull the defendant's [sic] licenses" that allow them to "make a mockery of our legal system."
Cardone is proceeding in forma pauperis, so we review this appeal to determine whether it should be dismissed as frivolous pursuant to § 1915(e)(2)(B). An appeal is frivolous if it "lacks an arguable basis in law or in fact." Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325, 109 S.Ct. 1827, 104 L.Ed.2d 338 (1989). We are in complete agreement with the District Court's reasons for dismissing Cardone's complaint, and our independent review reveals that there is no arguable basis to challenge them. In particular, for the reasons explained by the District Court, we agree that the judicial and prosecutorial defendants are immune from this suit, that Cardone's counsel and the public defender defendants are not state actors for § 1983 purposes, and that the complaint does not state an actionable claim against the Delaware Attorney General. We further agree that the complaint states no basis for relief even if it is liberally construed to challenge the validity of, or seek damages resulting from, Cardone's conviction or sentence, and that any amendment of the complaint would be futile.
. The District Court dismissed Cardone's complaint without prejudice, but we have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, both because the dismissal was in part pursuant to § 1915(e) and because any amendment of the complaint would be futile. See Deutsch v. United States, 67 F.3d 1080, 1083 (3d Cir. 1995); Borelli v. City of Reading, 532 F.2d 950, 951-52 (3d Cir.1976). Our review is plenary. See Tourscher v. McCullough, 184 F.3d 236, 240 (3d Cir.1999).