No. 20-593

Hallmark Care Services, Inc., et al. v. Superior Court of Washington, Spokane County, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: citizen-redress civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-damages due-process ex-parte-order government-liability judicial-immunity standing
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Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the doctrine of judicial immunity extend beyond protecting the individual judges, personally, for their actions, to shielding the government, on whose behalf they acted, from a citizen's claims seeking redress for the damages arising from the unconstitutional actions of the court?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Spokane County initiated and prosecuted, without counsel, and directly through judicial members of its local superior court 124 joint actions against the Petitioners by mailing un-filed, ex parte letter orders; by entering ex parte orders without notice or hearing; by holding scores of expedited “drumhead” hearings by which the government summarily transferred clients to competing businesses; and, by entering money judgments against the Petitioners and in favor of Spokane County absent any due process, without notice, without hearing, and without any opportunity to defend against the government's actions. The question presented to this Court is whether the doctrine of judicial immunity extends beyond protecting the individual judges, personally, for their actions, to shielding the government, on whose behalf they acted, from a citizen's claims seeking redress for the damages arising from the unconstitutional actions of the court?

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-04
Brief of respondent Spokane County, Washington, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2020)

Attorneys

Hallmark Care Services, Inc.
John William PierceLaw Office of John Pierce. P.S., Petitioner
John William PierceLaw Office of John Pierce. P.S., Petitioner
Spokane County, Washington, et al.
Luke Wesley O'BannanKirkpatrick & Startzel, P.S., Respondent
Luke Wesley O'BannanKirkpatrick & Startzel, P.S., Respondent