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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, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
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
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
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)