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Eugene Cory Dingle v. James G. McGee, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Judge of Dorchester County Family Court, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 25-1133 · judgment May 28, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a state judge who acts in the clear absence ofsubject-matterjurisdiction may nonetheless invoke absolute judicial immunity to bar a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit—an issue on which the circuits are openly divided and in tension with this Court’s precedents in Bradley v. Fisher, Stump v. Sparkman, and Mireles v. Waco).
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Whether the warrantless jailing of a parent for nonpayment of private Guardian ad Litem fees— without meaningful notice, a hearing, or inquiry into ability to pay—violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, contrary to this Court’s decisions in Turner v. Rogers and Bearden v. Georgia.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eugene Dingle
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 24 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Sep 17 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 20, 2025)