Case Name: Roland I. KEHANO, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of HAWAII; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-09-19
Citations: 202 F. App'x 208
Docket Number: No. 05-16908
Parties: Roland I. KEHANO, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of HAWAII; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 202
Pages: 208–209

Head Matter:
Roland I. KEHANO, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of HAWAII; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 05-16908.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 11, 2006.
Filed Sept. 19, 2006.
Roland I. Kehano, Sr., Tutwiler, MS, pro se.
Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ronald I. Kehano, Sr., a Mississippi state prisoner formerly incarcerated in Hawaii and Arizona, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Osborne v. Dist. Atty's Office for the Third Judicial Dist., 423 F.3d 1050, 1052 (9th Cir.2005) (dismissal pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994)); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000) (dismissal under screening provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915A). We affirm.
Before transferring the remaining claim in this action to the District of Arizona, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii properly dismissed Kehano's first two claims in case no. 05-00473 HG-LEK, because success on these claims would necessarily implicate the validity of Kehano's conviction, and accordingly his only remedy is a writ of habeas corpus. See Heck, 512 U.S. at 486-87, 114 S.Ct. 2364.
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona properly dismissed the remaining claim as duplicative of pending claims brought in case no. CV-04-935-PHX-SMM (LOA) (DAriz.). See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) (allowing district courts to dismiss prisoner actions that are frivolous); see also Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n. 2 (9th Cir.1995) (no abuse of discretion in dismissing action as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 where complaint "merely repeats pending or previously litigated claims").
We find Kehano's remaining contentions unpersuasive.
Kehano's "Motion for Special Assumpsit," filed March 6, 2006 is denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.