Offutt v. Kaplan

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MANNING, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

Plaintiff, Attorney Narda Cisco Offutt (hereinafter “Mrs. Offutt”), on her own behalf Pro Se and on behalf of her minor child, Kristine J. Offutt (hereinafter “Kristine”), filed the instant action in July 1994, alleging that defendants, the Honorable Judge Jordan Kaplan (hereinafter “Judge Kaplan”), who formerly presided in custody proceedings involving Kristine in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Gerald Offutt (hereinafter “Mr. Offutt”), Mrs. Offutt’s former husband and father of Kristine, Howard Bernstein (hereinafter “Mr.…