Jenkins v. Clinton

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that plaintiff’s recusal motion required dismissal for the same reasons as the dismissal of plaintiff’s judicial misconduct and disability complaint
• rejecting argument that, in the absence of a damages claim, plaintiff could proceed with lawsuit against judges over their judicial rulings
• “Plaintiff’s Notice of Lis Pendens presents one of those rare cases clearly requiring cancellation by the Court.”
• “[I]t is well established that judicial immunity bars claims . . . for retrospective declaratory relief of a violation of federal law.”
• “[A] judge acting in his or her judicial capacity—i.e., performing a function normally performed by a judge—is immune from suit on all judicial acts.”
• “[D]eclaratory relief against a judge for final actions taken within his or her judicial capacity is . . . available by way of direct appeal of the judge’s order.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Thomas v. Wilkins
  District of Columbia· 2014-07-24· cited 28×
• Sibley v. Roberts
  District of Columbia· 2016-12-19· cited 10×
• Borda v. Executive Office for the United States Attorney
  District of Columbia· 2015-08-28· cited 6×
• Jenkins v. Holder
  District of Columbia· 2013-06-14· cited 1×
• Cynthia Sherwood McKenzie v. Jason Wayne McKenzie
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-02-11
• Gerber Products Company v. Vilsack
  District of Columbia· 2016-09-09
• McNeil v. Harvey
  District of Columbia· 2018-09-26
• McNeil v. Brown
  District of Columbia· 2018-09-26
• Klayman v. Judicial Watch, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2021-02-16
• Kaul v. Federation of State Medical Boards
  District of Columbia· 2021-03-31
• Pincus Hueter v. Kruse
  District of Columbia· 2021-07-20
• Klayman v. Rao
  District of Columbia· 2021-10-25
• Sutton Investments LLC v. Perlmutter
  District of Columbia· 2021-12-22
• Pinson v. United States Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2022-03-09
• Pincus Hueter v. Kruse
  District of Columbia· 2022-03-18
• Soto Santini v. Arias Marxuach
  District of Columbia· 2023-01-19
• Williams v. Howell
  District of Columbia· 2023-03-06
• Wall v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-31
• Doe v. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
  District of Columbia· 2025-04-15

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
• Liteky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 7,016×
• Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 6,200×
• Mireles v. Waco
  Supreme Court· 1991-10-21· cited 4,474×
• Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 3,642×
• Green v. Mansour
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-27· cited 1,617×
• Atherton v. District of Columbia Office of the Mayor
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-06-02· cited 985×
• Mwani, Odilla Mutaka v. Bin Ladin, Usama
  D.C. Circuit· 2005-08-05· cited 552×
• United States v. Microsoft Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2001-06-28· cited 502×
• Salvatore G. Crisafi v. George E. Holland
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-06-17· cited 494×
• GTE New Media Services Inc. v. BellSouth Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 2000-01-11· cited 485×
• Kent B. Crane v. New York Zoological Society
  D.C. Circuit· 1990-01-30· cited 384×
• Second Amendment Foundation v. United States Conference of Mayors
  Second Circuit· 2001-12-21· cited 270×
• Ward v. D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
  District of Columbia· 2011-03-07· cited 238×
• United States v. Ferrara
  D.C. Circuit· 1995-05-19· cited 213×
• John Edmond v. United States Postal Service General Counsel
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-02-11· cited 189×
• Environmental Research International, Inc. v. Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-03-26· cited 151×