Dr. Gladys Cok v. Louis Cosentino

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “a private citizen” generally “has no authority to initiate a federal criminal prosecution”
• noting that “a private citizen” generally “has no authority to initiate a federal criminal prosecution”
• stating that “a private citizen has no authority to initiate a criminal prosecution”
• stating that absolute immunity would fail to attach only when the GAL performs acts clearly outside the scope of his or her jurisdiction and that allegations of malice or bad faith will not defeat the protection of the immunity
• barring civil damages suit against state court judge who allegedly conspired with guardian ad litem and conservator to deprive wife of assets in divorce proceeding
• a guardian ad litem performs quasi- judicial functions because she “gathers information, prepares a report and makes a recommendation to the court regarding a custody disposition.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).