Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Maxine Cohen Lando

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• noting that dismissal based on the doctrine of judicial immunity is available “when the defense is an obvious bar given the allegations”
• finding that right to appeal is an adequate remedy at law
• explaining judges enjoy absolute judicial immunity when they act in their judicial capacity as long as they do not act “in the clear absence of all jurisdiction” (quotation marks omitted)
• stating that “issuing a decision in the form of a writ- ten opinion [is] [a] judicial action[]” and holding that defendant USCA11 Case: 25-13787 Document: 16-1 Date Filed: 06/05/2026 Page: 4 of 5 4 Opinion of the Court 25-13787 judges were entitled to absolute judicial immunity
• denying motion to amend because the defendants were entitled to judicial immunity
• “We reject, from the outset, the use of § 1983 as a device for collateral review of state court judgments.”

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