Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. Rendon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 2002No. 01-36027; D.C. No. CV-00-00050-EFSPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Sonja Indreland McLaughlin appeals pro se the district court’s grant of summary judgment on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims that a state court judge and his court administrator violated her constitutional rights, and her pendant state-law negligence claim. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Botosan v. Paul McNally Realty, 216 F.3d 827, 830 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment for Superior Court Judge Borst on the ground of absolute judicial immunity because presiding over McLaughlin’s trial was clearly a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re Cherry Barbara Castillo, Debtor, Nancy Curry, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Cherry Barbara Castillo G. Thomas Leonard, in Re Cherry Barbara Castillo, Debtor, Nancy Curry, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Cherry Barbara Castillo G. Thomas LeonardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Rosenthal v. Justices Of The Supreme Court Of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990