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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 11:07:48+00:00

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SHERRI WEST, et al., Defendants.
In this case, Plaintiff again challenges his 2002 conviction and subsequent probation violation proceedings. He attempts to allege constitutional claims against state court Judges Kevin Carroll and James Shelfer, probation officers Emily Glenn and Sherri West, assistant public defender Michael MacNamara, assistant state attorney John Campbell, and the City of Tallahassee. Claims against these same defendants have previously been dismissed by this Court and the Northern District for failure to state a claim. See e.g., Rolle v. Womble et al, 4:17-cv-134-MW-CAS (N.D. Fla. March 31, 2017) (dismissing claims against Michael MacNamara as frivolous because not a state actor; and finding John Campbell and Judges Kevin Carroll and James Shelfer immune from suit); Rolle v. Glenn, 5:15-cv-190-Oc-39PRL (M.D. Fla. September 14, 2015) (dismissing claims against probation officer Emily Glenn and her supervisor, Thirris West as frivolous).
Moreover, this Court has repeatedly explained that some parties are immune from § 1983 claims based on their official role. See Wahl v. McIver, 773 F.2d 1169, 1172-73 (11th Cir.1985) (per curiam) (discussing various types of immunity for those involved in the public litigation process). Specifically, Plaintiff's claims against Judges Kevin Carroll and James Shelfer are barred by judicial immunity. See e.g., Rolle v. Glenn, 4:17-cv-134-MW-CAS (N.D. Fla. March 31, 2017); see also, Wahl, 773 F.2d at 1172 (“judges are absolutely immune from civil liability ‘for their judicial acts, even when such acts rare in excess of their jurisdiction and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly.'”). Likewise, his claim against assistant state attorney John Campbell fails because he is entitled to absolute immunity from allegations stemming from his function as an advocate. Jones v. Cannon, 174 F.3d 1271, 1281 (11th Cir. 1999).
Plaintiff's claims against assistant public defender Michael MacNamara also fail. Plaintiff has been advised in prior cases that claims against public defenders for their representation of Plaintiff in his criminal cases cannot go forward because they are not “state actors” for purposes of § 1983 absent a conspiracy with state actors. See e.g., Rolle v. Glenn, No. 4:17-cv-134-MW-CAS (N.D. Fla. March 31, 2017); see also, Wahl, 773 F.2d at 1173. Here, Plaintiff has failed to allege any plausible facts to support such a conspiracy.

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