Straley v. Halliday

OPINION

DAVIS, Judge:

¶ 1 Plaintiff Robert Dale Straley appeals from the judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant Seventh District Judge Bruce K.' Halliday, in which Straley sought to re: cover statutory damages under Utah Code Ann. § 78-35-1 (1996), for Judge Halliday’s refusal to allow a writ of habeas corpus. Because this action is barred by the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, we affirm the judgment on the pleadings in favor of Judge Halliday.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On appeal from the grant of a motion for judgment on the pleadings, we take the factual allegations of the nonmoving party as…