Legal Opinion
Estes v. Tibbs
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1999No. 970193, 970371, 970372PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Chief Justice:
¶ 1 Plaintiff Newton Estes appeals from the dismissal of three complaints he filed against three district court judges, alleging separate violations of Utah Code Ann. § 78-35-1. All three cases have been consolidated for purposes of this appeal.
¶ 2 Estes, acting pro se, filed self-styled “petitions for recovery of monetary penalties” 1 against three district judges, Judges Don V. Tibbs, Kenneth Rigtrup, and James Sawaya (collectively, “the judges”), each of whom had previously denied one of Estes’ habeas corpus petitions. Estes filed each complaint pursuant to Utah Code…
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