Legal Opinion
James Clark v. D. Justin Taylor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 5, 1980No. 79-2231PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
We here apply the firmly established doctrine of judicial immunity to affirm the judgment of the District Court dismissing a civil complaint brought by a defendant in a criminal case against two judges who participated in various parts of the criminal proceedings against him in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
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In this civil action filed in the United States District Court, appellant Clark seeks to recover $6 million in damages for violation of his constitutional rights alleged to have occurred in a District of Columbia Superior Court criminal proceeding in…
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