Feeley v. U.S., No. 93-1827
Decision Date | 22 December 1993 |
Docket Number | No. 93-1827 |
Citation | 1993 WL 557109,16 F.3d 401 |
Parties | NOTICE: First Circuit Local Rule 36.2(b)6 states unpublished opinions may be cited only in related cases. Kevin P. FEELEY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, ET AL., Defendants, Appellees. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — First Circuit |
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Kevin P. Feeley on brief pro se.
Before Breyer, Chief Judge, Torruella and Selya, Circuit Judges.
Appellant brought an in forma pauperis action under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 against the United States, the state of New Hampshire and several state agencies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an agency, the New Hampshire Bar Association, and various corporate defendants. The district court ordered appellant to submit an amended complaint describing more specifically the nature of his claims against the various defendants. After appellant submitted his amended complaint, the district court dismissed the complaint under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(d) on statute of limitations grounds. We affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order. See Street v. Vose, 936 F.2d 38, 39 (1st Cir. 1991) (, )cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 948 (1992).
We also note, with respect to appellant's allegations that certain state and federal authorities failed to investigate and prosecute various individuals for alleged criminal wrongdoing brought to their attention by appellant, that appellant has no constitutional right to have certain prosecutions undertaken at his behest, see Sattler v. Johnson, 857 F.2d 224, 227 (4th Cir. 1988), and government attorneys have an absolute immunity from suit under section 1983 for their decision not to prosecute specific claims of criminal wrongdoing. See Harrington v. Almy, 977 F.2d 37, 40-43 (1st Cir. 1992). Accordingly, dismissal under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(d) was proper. See Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 327 (1989) ( ).
Affirmed.
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