Sutton

Sutton v. Llewellyn

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288 F. App'x 411
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 5, 2008No. 07-15172California427 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

John, Gail and Danielle Sutton appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing them 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging injuries arising from conservator-ship proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . After de novo review, Porter v. Jones, 319 F.3d 483, 489, 494 (9th Cir.2003) (standing and failure to state a claim), Harvey v. Waldron, 210 F.3d 1008, 1011 (9th Cir.2000) (judicial immunity), Oja v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng’rs, 440 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir.2006) (statute of limitations), we affirm.

The district court properly determined that appellants, as non-lawyers, lacked standing to prosecute the action on behalf of the estate of Letitia Breng Rose, the eonservatee. See C.E. Pope Equity Trust v. United States, 818 F.2d 696, 697 (9th Cir.1987) (explaining that a non-attorney “may appear in propria persona in his own behalf’ but “has no authority to appear as an attorney for others”).

The district court properly dismissed the section 1983 claims because defendant Galdos, the court clerk of the Monterey County Superior Court, has “absolute quasi-judicial immunity from damages for civil rights violations” when performing “tasks that are an…

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