Johnson v. Ohio Supreme Court

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Mattie A. Johnson sued the Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, and the Ohio Supreme Court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, charging that the state courts violated her rights to due process and equal protection of the laws during the litigation of an employment dispute. Johnson also sued three judges from the Eighth Appellate District and the Justices on the Ohio Supreme Court in their official capacities, alleging the same constitutional violations. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed Johnson’s § 1983 action, holding that…