Doris Adams v. Grainger W. McIlhany Individually and as Presiding Judge of the 31st Judicial District of Texas

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• stating that the objectionable contempt order arose out of a criminal case involving the plaintiff's sons, over which the judge presided
• holding that issuance of a show cause order directing defendant to appear in court and an order directing defendant to be imprisoned for thirty days are acts are acts normally performed by a judge
• finding that a state criminal court judge had “some subject-matter jurisdiction,” and thus maintained his judicial immunity, even though the judge improperly imprisoned the plaintiff for “constructive contempt” and sentenced her to thirty days in jail
• explaining the “test factors should be construed broadly in favor of immunity”
• “[Plaintiff’s] claims for injunctive and declaratory relief must be disallowed for failure to present a sufficient ‘case or controversy’ under Article IIT.”
• “Absolute judicial immunity extends to all judicial acts which are not performed in the clear absence of all jurisdiction.”

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