Hull
(PS) Sprague v. Hull
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME H. SPRAGUE, et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-02273-KJM-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO
v. DISMISS JUSTICE HARRY E. HULL, PRESIDING ECF No.
JUSTICE VANCE W. RAYE,
OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 14 DAYS Defendants.
17 18 Defendants in this suit are two state appellate justices. Plaintiffs are Mr. Sprague—both as trustee and trustor—and the Jerome H. Sprague Family Revocable Trust. Plaintiffs have filed four other federal civil rights actions against state judges, all arising from the same proceedings at issue in this suit, and all of which have been dismissed, primarily due to findings of judicial immunity. See Sprague v. Brown, 2:17-cv-00938-KJM-GGH (E.D. Cal. Aug. 16, 2017); Sprague v. Phillips, 2018 WL 1470566 (E.D. Cal. March 26, 2018); Sprague v. Brown, 2019 WL 1427460 25 26 1 As defendants point out, plaintiffs’ complaint does not show that Mr. Sprague is a 27 …