Ali, Rome v. Taylor, Christine

• Court: District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
• Decided: May 25, 2022
• Docket: 3:21-cv-00286
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

ROME TARIK ALI,

Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER v. 21-cv-286-wmc CHRISTINE TAYLOR,

Defendant.

On April 20, 2022, the court denied plaintiff Rome Tarik Ali leave to proceed on a claim that defendant, a state court judge, lacked jurisdiction over Ali in an ongoing criminal matter and dismissed this lawsuit.1 (Dkt. #13.) Ali now asks the court to reconsider its finding that defendant is immune from suit, but the court will deny the motion. (Dkt. #15.) To prevail on a motion for reconsideration, the movant must establish “a manifest error of law or fact or present newly discovered evidence.” Vesely v. Armslist LLC, 762 F.3d 661, 666 (7th Cir. 2014) (quoting Boyd v. Tornier, Inc., 656 F.3d 487, 492 (7th Cir. 2011)). A motion to reconsider “is not an appropriate forum for rehashing previously rejected arguments or arguing matters that could have been heard during the pendency of the previous motion.” Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole v. CBI Indus., Inc., 90 F.3d 1264, 1269- 70 (7th Cir. 1996). Here, plaintiff restates sovereign citizen theories and beliefs, including that defendant, like “all members of the Bar Association,” is “in flagrant breach of trust” “[a]ccording to civil order July 4th 2014” and can therefore be sued. (Dkt. #15 at 1.) But

1 According to public docket information available online via Wisconsin’s Circuit Court Access Program for Dane County Case No. 2019CM458, defendant remains the presiding judge over a criminal case still proceeding against Ali in Dane County Circuit Court. as the court explained in its leave to proceed order, such beliefs, “sincerely held or not, [are] not a valid basis for avoiding state or federal jurisdiction,” or otherwise form a basis for finding that defendant is acting outside of her judicial capacity. Williams El v. City of

Sheboygan, No. 18-cv-293-jps, 2018 WL 2416582, at * 2-3 (E.D. Wis. May 29, 2018). Plaintiff has therefore failed to establish a basis for the court to reconsider its conclusion that defendant is entitled to absolute judicial immunity for her actions taken in her capacity as a judge, and this lawsuit will remain closed.

ORDER IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Rome Tarik Ali’s motion for reconsideration (dkt. #15) is DENIED. Entered this 25th day of May, 2022.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ __________________________________ WILLIAM M. CONLEY District Judge