Ward v. City of Norwalk
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs sued an Ohio state judge and court clerk in their official and .individual capacities, alleging that they unconstitutionally lengthened plaintiffs’ jail time to offset outstanding court costs. Plaintiffs sought class certification for monetary damages and equitable relief under state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. As the district court ruled, judicial immunity bars the individual-capacity claims. The district court, however, dismissed plaintiffs’ declaratory judgment claim on improper grounds.
The factual allegations in the complaint, which we accept as true for the…
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