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Peter Kleidman v. Martin R. Barash, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55970 · judgment July 3, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Question presented
Are federal judges immune from claims for equitable relief? Pulliam v. Allen, 466 US 522 (1984) held “that judicial immunity is not a bar to prospective injunctive relief against a judicial officer acting in her judicial capacity.” Id., 541-542. Pulliam pertained to state-court judges. Does Pulliam also hold for federal judges? Does a litigant in federal court have any right of action to protect him/herself from a federal judge’s constitutional torts occurring dehors the written record?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Peter Kleidman
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 18, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
- Feb 05 2024Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jan 10 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 26, 2024)