Opinion
1:22-CV-1382 (LTS) CIVIL
03-03-2022
MICHAEL NIEVES, Plaintiff, v. LAURA WARD - SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, Defendant.
JUDGMENT
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pursuant to the order issued March 3, 2022, dismissing this action, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that this action is dismissed. The Court dismisses Plaintiff's claims for damages and injunctive relief against Justice Ward under the doctrine of judicial immunity and as frivolous. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), (iii). The Court dismisses Plaintiff's remaining claims for injunctive and declaratory relief under the Younger abstention doctrine. The Court dismisses Plaintiff's claims for habeas corpus relief without prejudice.
Because Plaintiff makes no substantial showing of a denial of a constitutional right, a certificate of appealability will not issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253.
The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the Court's judgment would not be taken in good faith.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mail a copy of this judgment to
Plaintiff and note service on the docket.
SO ORDERED.