UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH CURIALE,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

SUITTER, AXLAND & HANSON; JESSE C. TRENTADUE; MICHAEL HOMER,

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 05-4076

(	D.C. No. 2:04-CV-850-TC)

(D. Utah)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before KELLY, O'BRIEN, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.**

Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Curiale, a pro se litigant, appeals from the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his civil rights action. Mr. Curiale brought two claims against Defendants-Appellees, a law firm and two attorneys. The district court dismissed the first claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) finding that Mr. Curiale's claim of reputational damage was not a proper § 1983 claim and therefore did not provide a basis for federal question jurisdiction. The district court dismissed the second claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) for failure to state a claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and review both dismissal decisions de novo. Curley v. Perry, 246 F.3d 1278, 1281 (10th Cir. 2001); Marcus v. Kan. Dept. of Revenue, 170 F.3d 1305, 1309 (10th Cir. 1999).

The parties are sufficiently familiar with the facts that we need not restate them here. Upon reviewing the record and relevant law, we conclude sua sponte dismissal was appropriate in this case for substantially the same reasons given by the district court. Harm to reputation alone does not state a proper federal claim, but rather is a matter for state tort law. Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693, 711-712 (1976); Stidham v. Peace Officer Standards & Training, 265 F.3d 1144, 1154 (10th Cir. 2001). Likewise, it is clear from Mr. Curiale's second claim that "[he] cannot prevail on the facts he has alleged and it would be futile to give him an opportunity to amend." Curley, 246 F.3d at 1281.

AFFIRMED.

Entered for the Court

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Circuit Judge