Case Name: THANH VONG HOAI, et al., Appellants v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-05-01
Citations: 344 F. App'x 620
Docket Number: No. 08-7067
Parties: THANH VONG HOAI, et al., Appellants v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.
Judges: BEFORE: GINSBURG, ROGERS, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 344
Pages: 620–621

Head Matter:
THANH VONG HOAI, et al., Appellants v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.
No. 08-7067.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
May 1, 2009.
Rehearing En Banc Denied July 16, 2009.
Thanh Vong Hoai, Alexandria, VA, pro se.
John D. Hemenway, Washington, DC, pro se.
David Hemenway, Washington, DC, pro se.
Stacy Louise Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Todd Sunhwae Kim, Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Appellees.
BEFORE: GINSBURG, ROGERS, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and on the briefs and appendices filed by the parties. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); D.C.Cir. Rule 34(j). It is
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court's order filed May 13, 2008, denying reconsideration of its order filed March 28, 2008, be affirmed. The district court properly concluded that appellants cannot state a claim for relief because the judges named as defendants are immune from suit, and the judicial entities named as defendants are not subject to suit. See Roth v. King, 449 F.3d 1272, 1286-87 (D.C.Cir.2006) (judges acting in judicial capacity are immune from suit); Blackmar v. Guerre, 342 U.S. 512, 514-15, 72 S.Ct. 410, 96 L.Ed. 534 (1952) (entity established by Congress may not be sued in its own name unless Congress has authorized the entity to be sued either with explicit language or by implication). Nor did the district court abuse its discretion when it denied declaratory relief. See Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 515 U.S. 277, 287, 115 S.Ct. 2137, 132 L.Ed.2d 214 (1995).
Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after disposition of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for hearing en bane. See Fed. R.App. P. 41(b); D.C.Cir. Rule 41.