Case Name: Mitchell David HOLBACH, Appellant, v. William W. McLEES, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-02-23
Citations: 366 F. App'x 703
Docket Number: No. 09-2628
Parties: Mitchell David HOLBACH, Appellant, v. William W. McLEES, Appellee.
Judges: Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 366
Pages: 703–704

Head Matter:
Mitchell David HOLBACH, Appellant, v. William W. McLEES, Appellee.
No. 09-2628.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed: Feb. 23, 2010.
Mitchell David Holbaeh, Jamestown, ND, pro se.
Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
North Dakota inmate Mitchell David Holbaeh appeals the district court's pre-service dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir.1999) (per curiam), we agree with the district court that the defendant was entitled to absolute judicial immunity from suit, see Penn v. United States, 335 F.3d 786, 789 (8th Cir.2003) (holding that judges are entitled to absolute immunity from suit for all judicial actions that are not taken in the complete absence of jurisdiction). We affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Charles S. Miller, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the District of North Dakota.