David M. Mumford v. Joseph Zieba, Judge, in His Official and Individual Capacities Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division

KRUPANSKY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, David Mumford (Mumford-plaintiff) filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the defendants, Judge Joseph Zieba (Zieba-defendant) and the Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division (Domestic Relations Court) charging that the defendants violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by not reappointing him to the position of chief referee of the Domestic Relations Court. The district court denied summary judgment for Judge Zieba concluding that material issues of fact existed concerning Judge Zieba’s immunity from suit.…