No. 21-204

Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-10-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court judge violates due process by sua sponte dismissing a complaint as frivolous without a hearing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW | District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford of the Western District of New ' York held, and the Second Circuit affirmed, that District Court Judge Frank Paul 1 Geraci, Jr. enjoys absolute immunity to: (i) a claim of his violation of the “good ; : behavior” condition subsequent found in Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution ‘ and (ii) a Constitutional cause of action grounded upon Bivens v. Six Unknown i Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Moreover, Judge Wolford sua sponte i dismissed and deemed frivolous those and other claims without allowing Petitioner | ; to be “heard” prior to the dismissal. These holdings raise three substantial federal HI questions that warrant immediate review by this Court: 1 1. Whether a District Court Judge runs afoul of due process by a sua | sponte dismissal of Petitioner's Complaint without “hearing” argument and then deeming that Complaint, and thus Petitioner, frivolous? 1 2. Whether the Constitutional authority to remove a federal judge from office is a power exclusively granted to Congress or a concurrent limited grant of power to Congress and, under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, otherwise wholly reserved to the People? 3. Whether absolute judicial immunity is a bar to a Bivens claim arising from the First Amendment right to petition? \ Se | | . i I 1 | i PARTIES TO PROCEEDING | 1 The following individuals and entities are

Docket Entries

2021-10-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
2021-09-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Montgomery Blair Sibley
Montgomery Blair Sibley — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent