Opinion
No. 09-2628.
Submitted: February 16, 2010.
Filed: February 23, 2010.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Mitchell David Holbach, Jamestown, ND, pro se.
Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
[UNPUBLISHED]
North Dakota inmate Mitchell David Holbach 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.