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Date Created: 2023-04-20 23:00:25.308425+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        APR 20 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WYATT N. REDFOX,                                No. 22-35166

                Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 3:21-cv-00004-SLG-KFR

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
JOHN DOE, State Magistrate; JOHN DOE,
State DA; TEADI CHANCE, State PO;
JANE DOE, State on-call PO; DENICE
MCKENZIE; BRANDON JONES;
CHARLES D. AGERTER,

                Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Alaska
                   Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted April 17, 2023**

Before:      CLIFTON, R. NELSON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

      Wyatt N. Redfox appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Fourth Amendment claims. We

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Watison v. Carter,

668 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000)

(dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A). We affirm.

       The district court properly dismissed Redfox’s claims against the magistrate

judge and prosecutor as barred by absolute immunity. See Imbler v. Pachtman,

424 U.S. 409, 430 (1976) (holding that prosecutors are entitled to absolute

immunity for activities “intimately associated with the judicial phase of the

criminal process”); Shucker v. Rockwood, 846 F.2d 1202, 1204 (9th Cir. 1988) (“A

judge loses absolute immunity only when he acts in the clear absence of all

jurisdiction or performs an act that is not judicial in nature.”).

       The district court properly dismissed Redfox’s claims against defendant

probation officers and police officers because Redfox failed to allege facts

sufficient to state a plausible Fourth Amendment claim. See Hebbe v. Pliler, 627

F.3d 338, 341-42 (9th Cir. 2010) (explaining that although pro se pleadings are

liberally construed, a plaintiff must allege facts sufficient to state a plausible

claim); Dubner v. City & County of San Francisco, 266 F.3d 959, 964 (9th Cir.

2001) (“A claim for unlawful arrest is cognizable under § 1983 as a violation of the

Fourth Amendment, provided the arrest was without probable cause or other

justification.”).

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      Redfox’s motion to accept his late-filed opening brief (Docket Entry No. 10)

is granted.

      AFFIRMED.

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