Case Name: Askia S. ASHANTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CORPORATION; Philip Morris; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; American Tobacco Company, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-01-24
Citations: 2 F. App'x 778
Docket Number: No. 00-16104
Parties: Askia S. ASHANTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CORPORATION; Philip Morris; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; American Tobacco Company, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 2
Pages: 778–779

Head Matter:
Askia S. ASHANTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CORPORATION; Philip Morris; Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation; American Tobacco Company, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 00-16104.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 8, 2001 .
Decided Jan. 24, 2001.
Before SNEED, O’SCANNLAIN, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Askia S. Ashanti, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A as frivolous. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion a dismissal of a complaint as frivolous, see James v. Madison St. Jail, 122 F.3d 27, 27 n. 1 (9th Cir.1997) (per curiam), and we affirm.
Ashanti contends that his allegation of the existence of a contract between the defendant tobacco companies and the prison for the sale of cigarettes renders the defendants state actors. This contention lacks merit. The fact that a private firm receives revenues from the government does not by itself provide a basis for holding that the firm is a state actor. See Vincent v. Trend W. Technical Corp., 828 F.2d 563, 567-68 (9th Cir.1987).
AFFIRMED.
. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.