Pajooh v. Harmon

Massood Danesh Pajooh appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his suit brought pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and other grounds. Pajooh argues that defendants DeGabrielle and Judge Harmon are not absolutely immune from suit for damages.

Judge Harmon enjoys absolute immunity because Pajooh’s claims for damages arose out of acts she performed in the *899 exercise of her judicial functions. See Mitchell v. McBryde, 944 F.2d 229, 230 (5th Cir. 1991). DeGabrielle enjoys absolute immunity because his conduct was “intimately associated with the judicial phase of the criminal process.” See Beck v. Texas State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 204 F.3d 629, 637 (5th Cir. 2000).

Pajooh argues that the district court erred when it determined that he had failed to state a claim upon which declaratory or injunctive relief could be granted. Pajooh’s unsupported conclusory accusations do not suffice to prevent a motion to dismiss. See Taylor v. Books A Million, Inc., 296 F.3d 376, 378 (5th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1200, 123 S.Ct. 1287, 154 L.Ed.2d 1041 (2003). The district court’s dismissal with prejudice of Pajooh’s suit is AFFIRMED.