David M. Mumford v. Joseph Zieba, Judge, in His Official and Individual Capacities Lorain County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Division

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• holding that “a state court is not a ‘person’ within the meaning of that term as used in § 1983”
• stating that courts have found it impossible to identify generic categories of positions where partisan selection and rejection are permissible
• “[A] state court is not a ‘person’ within the meaning of that term as used in § 1983 . . . .”
• “[A] state court is not a ‘person’ within the meaning of that term as used in § 1983 . . . .”
• “Because this court has held that a state court is not a ‘person’ within the meaning of that term as used in § 1983, plaintiff’s claim against the Lorain County Common Pleas Court must be dismissed.”
• state supreme court was not a “person” subject to suit

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