Shelly L. Mann Robert W. Thorson, Beverly Kish, Proposed Intervenor-Appellant v. Patrick J. Conlin

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Robert Thorson, Shelly Mann, and Beverly Kish, are litigants who have appeared before the defendant, Michigan Circuit Judge Conlin, in a variety of domestic relations cases. The plaintiffs filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in federal district court, alleging that Judge Conlin’s manner of conducting cases violates their due process and equal protection rights. The district court dismissed their complaint on the grounds that Judge Conlin was entitled to judicial immunity on the plaintiffs’ claim for money damages and that the doctrine of Younger v. Harris,…