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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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 Specifically, assuming for purposes of this Order only that the attorney general’s

office has a conflict of interest with its clients (the Defendants), Plaintiff does not have

standing to raise such a conflict. See Doc. 29 at 3-5.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Peter Michael Palmer, 

Plaintiff, 

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Honorable Kenton D. Jones; Honorable

Robert M. Brutinel; Honorable John

Pelander; Honorable W. Scott Bales;

Honorable Andrew D. Hurwitz; Honorable

Rebecca White Berch, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 11-1896-PHX-JAT

ORDER

Pending before the Court are: 1) Plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the attorney general’s

office from representing Defendants based on an alleged conflict of interest, 2) Defendants’

motion to dismiss based on judicial immunity, and 3) Plaintiff’s request for a temporary

restraining order and preliminary injunction as outlined in his complaint and amended

complaint. The Court now rules as follows.

IT IS ORDERED that, for the reasons stated in the response (Doc. 29),1

 the motion

to disqualify the attorney general’s office (Doc. 23) is denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the reasons stated in the motion to dismiss

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 Specifically, Defendants are all immune from suit for their judicial decisions based

on judicial immunity (see Doc. 18 at 4-6). Defendants are all sued in their official capacities,

based on their actions taken as judicial officers and, therefore, are all entitled to dismissal

based on judicial immunity.

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(Doc. 18),2 the motion is granted; this case is dismissed, with prejudice, and the Clerk of the

Court shall enter judgment accordingly.

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that because this case is dismissed, Plaintiff’s requests

for injunctive relief (part of Doc. 5) are denied.

DATED this 16th day of December, 2011.

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