Gill v. Collyer

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: June 10, 2009
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2009-1070
• Status: Published

Opinion

FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 0 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBlA Clerk, U.S. District and Andrew Gill, ) Bankruptcy Courts

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P1aintiff, )

v_ ) Civil Action No. 0

Rosemary Collyer, ) )

Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on its initial review of plaintiff’ s pro se complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l 5(e), the Court is required to dismiss a complaint upon a determination that it, among other grounds, seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § l9l5(e) (2)(B)(iii).

Plaintiff, a resident of the District of Columbia, sues United States District Judge Rosemary Collyer for dismissing his case filed in this Court. He seeks $20,000 in monetary damages. Judges are absolutely immune from lawsuits predicated on acts taken, as alleged here, in their judicial capacity. Forrester v. White, 484 U.S. 219, 225 (l988); Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 355-57 (1978); Sindram v. Suda, 986 F.2d l459, 1460 (D.C. Cir. 1993). The complaint therefore will be dismissed. A separate Order accompanies this Memorandum

Opinion.

Date: June , 2009