Opinion ID: 331962
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Heading: Dismissal of the complaint as frivolous.

Text: 11 The district court initially granted leave for the appellant to proceed in forma pauperis, but it subsequently granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). This court has held that 12 the discretion to deny state prisoners the privilege (to commence and prosecute a suit in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915) is 'especially broad' in civil actions against wardens and other officials connected with the institution in which they are incarcerated. 13 Shobe v. People of State of California, 362 F.2d 7 (9th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 887, 87 S.Ct. 185, 17 L.Ed.2d 115. Therefore, the district court's dismissal of the complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) must be affirmed in the absence of abuse of discretion. Williams v. Field, 394 F.2d 329, 332 (9th Cir. 1968). Since the appellant had no legally cognizable claim against the defendants under the Civil Rights Act, we find no abuse of discretion in the district court's dismissal of the complaint as frivolous. 14 Accordingly, we affirm the judgment below.