Rice v. Dunn

JAMES S. GETTY, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

This is an appeal by Charles Rice, Commissioner for the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County, from orders of the circuit court denying Rice’s motion for summary judgment based upon absolute judicial immunity or, alternatively, qualified immunity. Commissioner Rice is the subject of a tort action filed by the appellee, Sabrina Dunn,

Preliminarily, we address the issue raised by Commissioner Rice under the Collateral Order Doctrine which authorizes immediate review where a defense of judicial immunity is asserted. 1 The doctrine was recognized…