ALIA v. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

No. 88-2095.

906 F.2d 1100 (1990)

Alias Amanuel ALIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, and George G. Mills, Sr., John F. Kavalick, Harvey Schirrmacher, and Gary Forsythe, Plaintiffs, v. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT, Dorothy Comstock Riley, Charles L. Levin, James H. Brickley, Michael F. Cavanagh, Patricia J. Boyle, Dennis W. Archer and Robert P. Griffin, Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Stockler (argued), Lawrence J. Stockler & Associates, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael C. McDaniel (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Tort Defense Div., Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before WELLFORD, GUY, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 30, 1990.

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this civil rights action alleging that the Michigan Supreme Court exceeded its authority in promulgating a mediation rule. The district court granted defendants' motion for dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) on the basis that defendants are entitled to eleventh amendment immunity and qualified judicial immunity. The district...

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