Case Name: MOVE ORGANIZATION v. Judge Edwin S. MALMED
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1983-01-10
Citations: 555 F. Supp. 683
Docket Number: Civ. A. No. 82-1200
Parties: MOVE ORGANIZATION v. Judge Edwin S. MALMED.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 555
Pages: 683–684

Head Matter:
MOVE ORGANIZATION v. Judge Edwin S. MALMED.
Civ. A. No. 82-1200.
United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
Jan. 10, 1983.
Ramona Africa, The Move Organization, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
GILES, District Judge.
The Move Organization brings this civil rights action against Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Maimed, the City of Philadelphia, and the State of Pennsylvania over Judge Malmed's conduct of a trial which resulted in the conviction of nine Move members. The complaint is utterly frivolous, inter alia, because: (1) Judge Maimed has absolute immunity, (2) the state has eleventh-amendment immunity; (3) the only allegations concerning the city and state are that they have "corporate links" to Judge Maimed and enforced judgment; (4) the judgment collectively estops Move.