Case Name: Viorel ROTAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Colette SKAGGS, Placer County Deputy District Attorney; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-25
Citations: 424 F. App'x 662
Docket Number: No. 09-17457
Parties: Viorel ROTAR, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Colette SKAGGS, Placer County Deputy District Attorney; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: FARRIS, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 424
Pages: 662–662

Head Matter:
Viorel ROTAR, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Colette SKAGGS, Placer County Deputy District Attorney; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 09-17457.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2011.
Filed March 25, 2011.
Viorel Rotar, Carmichael, CA, pro se.
Before: FARRIS, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Viorel Rotar appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that he was falsely charged with and prosecuted for elder abuse. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir.1998) (order), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Rotar's claims against eight state and federal judges based on judicial immunity because the judges were not acting in the "clear absence" of jurisdiction. Sadoski v. Mosley, 435 F.3d 1076, 1079 (9th Cir.2006) (quoting Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 356-57, 98 S.Ct. 1099, 55 L.Ed.2d 331 (1978)).
The district court properly dismissed Rotar's claims against the deputy district attorney based on prosecutorial immunity. See Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 431, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976) (holding that prosecutors are entitled to absolute immunity under § 1983 for "initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State's case").
The district court properly dismissed Rotar's claims against the private defendants because Rotar failed to allege that they acted under color of state law. See Simmons v. Sacramento Cnty. Superior Court, 318 F.3d 1156, 1161 (9th Cir.2003) (affirming dismissal of civil rights claim against private defendant where there were only conclusory allegations of conspiracy with government officials).
The district court properly dismissed Rotar's allegations against the remaining defendants as too vague and conclusory to state a civil rights claim. See Ivey v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir.1982).
Rotar's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.