No. 24-6760

Christopher Michael Williams v. Pavan Parikh, Clerk, Hamilton County, Ohio, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: administrative-duties civil-rights first-amendment judicial-machinery petition-of-grievances quasi-judicial-immunity
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2025-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a State Court Clerk entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity regardless of their conduct due to their administrative duties being closely intertwined with the judicial machinery?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Is a State Court Clerk entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity regardless of their conduct due to their administrative duties being closely intertwined with the judicial machinery? 2. Regarding quasi-judicial immunity, may this Court ’s decision in Antoine v. Byers & Anderson, 508 U.S. 429 be abridged through the 6th Circuits jurisprudence of Bush v. Rauch, 38 F.3d 842, in order to shield state-actors from liability if their personal involvement produces a violation of civil rights upon a U.S. citizen? 3. Does a State court clerk violate a citizen ’s 1st amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances, when they file the citizen ’s initial complaint into the trash, even though the suit is properly filed? 4. Do state court clerks ’ duties include discretionary judgment of whether or not to file citizens ’ complaints that are properly filed? 2

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
2025-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Christopher Michael Williams
Christopher Michael Williams — Petitioner