John Hartsoe v. C.B. McNeil

¶1 John Hartsoe appeals from the District Court’s dismissal of his complaint against Hon. C. B. McNeil (McNeil). We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Hartsoe filed a civil action against McNeil, seeking damages for McNeil’s acts or omissions while acting as a Montana District Court Judge and presiding over a telephone pretrial conference in a civil action then pending before him, Heisel v. Hartsoe, No. DV-10-353, Montana Twentieth Judicial District Court. Hartsoe alleged in his complaint that he was suing Judge McNeil for actions taken “in his official duty,” including using vulgar…