Kimner

Kimner v. Currie

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaAugust 15, 20245:24-cv-04480California383 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AUDREY L. KIMNER, Case No. 24-cv-04480-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v.

CAMERON MCGOWAN CURRIE, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Audrey Kimner has filed this civil action against District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie and Magistrate Judge Shiva V. Hodges of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Ms. Kimner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Dkt. No. 2) is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) requires the Court to review complaints filed by litigants who are proceeding without paying filing fees to determine, among other things, if the action seeks relief against an immune defendant. As this Court explained when it recently dismissed a similar lawsuit by Ms. Kimner against two Ninth Circuit judges, “[a] longstanding principle of American jurisprudence is that judges maintain absolute judicial immunity from monetary relief for decisions made in their roles as judges.” Kimner v. Graber, No. 24-cv-02912-PCP (N.D. Cal.…

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