# Torres v. Costa

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · September 27, 2007 · 249 F. App'x 516

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8623870

## Case

- **Full name:** Johnny Angel TORRES v. Jeralita P. COSTA, Chair, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** September 27, 2007
- **Citations:** 249 F. App'x 516
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming dismissal of action challenging the Review Board’s refusal to grant sentence credit

## Opinion text

MEMORANDUM **
Johnny Angel Torres, a former Washington State prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915 and 1915A, his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the Chair of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board violated his constitutional rights by refusing to grant certain sentence credit. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Butterfield v. Bail, 120 F.3d 1023, 1024 (9th Cir.1997), and we affirm.
*517 The district court properly dismissed Torres’ action because Costa was absolutely immune from suit. See Sellars v. Pro-cunier, 641 F.2d 1295, 1303 (9th Cir.1981) (members of the parole board are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for performance of their duties). We reject Torres’ contention that the Supreme Court’s decision in Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74 , 125 S.Ct. 1242 , 161 L.Ed.2d 253 (2005) alters this analysis.
Torres’ remaining contentions lack merit.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not' appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

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