Christopher Bennett v. Daniel Juarez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL

eee 2-25-cv-00930-AH (DEX) EE February 28,2025 Title Christopher S. Bennett v. Daniel Juarez, et al.

Present: The Honorable Anne Hwang, United States District Judge

Yolanda Skipper Not Reported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE DISMISSAL OF

DEFENDANT PURSUANT TO JUDICIAL IMMUNITY

After reviewing the Complaint, it appears as though Defendant Daniel Juarez (“Juarez”) may be protected by judicial immunity. See Forrester v. White, 484 U.S. 219, 225 (1988) (“judges have long enjoyed a comparatively sweeping form of immunity” for acts that relate to the “tudicial process”): Ashelman v. Pope, 793 F.2d 1072, 1075 (9th Cir. 1986) (judicial immunity applies “however erroneous the act may have been”); Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9, 11 (1991) (“judicial immunity is not overcome by allegations of bad faith or malice”). With respect to Juarez,…