Wolfpacadumas El-Bey appeals the 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) dismissal of his civil complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon relief which could be granted. We review the dismissal of a claim as frivolous under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) for abuse of discretion, and we review a dismissal for failure to state a claim under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) de novo. Black v. Warren, 134 F.3d 732, 733 (5th Cir. 1998).

El-Bey’s original complaint, entitled “Writ of Mandamus,” asked the district court to order a state judge to rule on a motion filed by El-Bey in state court. In a supplemental pleading, El-Bey sought declaratory relief and damages.

*476 The district court has no power to direct state officials in the performance of their functions. Moye v. Clerk, DeKalb Cnty. Superior Court, 474 F.2d 1275, 1275-76 (5th Cir. 1973). Moreover, to the extent that El-Bey was seeking a mandamus and other relief, his conclusional and nonsensical pleadings failed to provide any coherent legal basis for such relief. Because El-Bey has not demonstrated that the district court erred in dismissing his pleadings as frivolous and for failure to state a claim, the judgment is AFFIRMED.