Walter A. Bernard v. Phillip A. Ignelzi, Individually and in His Official Capacity, et al.
Whether a state judge who personally orchestrated and supervised the warrantless arrest of a litigant in his home by directing law enforcement officers acted in an immune judicial capacity or in a non-immune executive capacity as a de facto sheriff; and
Whether judicial immunity shields a state judge who held Applicant in contempt of a discovery order on appeal acted in the clear absence of all jurisdiction under Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349 (1978) and its progeny.
Whether absolute judicial immunity shields a state judge who personally orchestrated a warrantless arrest of a litigant and held him in contempt while lacking jurisdiction over a matter pending on appeal, or whether such actions constitute non-immune executive conduct falling outside the judicial function under Stump v. Sparkman