Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Federal Court in Ciavarella “Kids For Cash” Case Issues Groundbreaking Ruling: State Court Judge’s Acts Not Immune from Conspiracy and RICO


January 13, 2014–A Federal District Court Judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that “Kids for Cash” Pennsylvania State Juvenile Court Judge Mark Ciavarella’s actions in using his courtroom to sentence juveniles under a “zero tolerance” policy to further a civil conspiracy are not protected by judicial immunity.  United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo on Thursday issued a decision in favor of plaintiffs in that case, holding that Judge Mark Ciavarella’s acts in participating in a conspiracy to deprive children of a right to a fair trial in order to send the children to juvenile detention facilities which Ciavarella helped develop are not “judicial acts” entitled to judicial immunity.  ”This decision will profoundly impact parents’ ability to pursue Family Court judges for civil rights violations based on judicial conduct occurring outside of the courtroom, which causes injury inside the courtroom.” says Colbern Stuart, President of California Coalition for Families and Children.

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Federal Court in Ciavarella “Kids For Cash” Case Issues Groundbreaking Ruling: State Court Judge’s Acts Not Immune from Conspiracy and RICO

3 comments:

jerri said...

aha how about crook judges for the fishes in cases such as this its impossible to keep the disgust within and i'll add to this why not do the eye for an eye giving these two judges to the families of the kids then to the fishes we know there are other cases within the family courts probate courts and the biggest threat to our nation is guardianship where innocent people are condemned to life sentence as a ward at the mercy of the guardian of person and kiss your estate bye bye in the pockets of lawyers laying in wait

Anonymous said...

Kids for cash _______ for cash fill in the blanks take these bad judges down and out. Profiting from their trusted positions disgraceful this judge should put a bag over his head. Shame shame shame on you.

Thelma said...

Judicial immunity is judge-made "law." There is no immunity in the Constitution.