Case Name: William E. HATCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. Gates PEED, Judge, Superior Court of Effingham County, GA, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-10
Citations: 128 F. App'x 105
Docket Number: No. 05-10139; D.C. Docket No. 04-00063-CV-6
Parties: William E. HATCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. Gates PEED, Judge, Superior Court of Effingham County, GA, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 128
Pages: 105–105

Head Matter:
William E. HATCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. F. Gates PEED, Judge, Superior Court of Effingham County, GA, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 05-10139.
Non-Argument Calendar
D.C. Docket No. 04-00063-CV-6.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 10, 2005.
Gregory N. Crawford, Savannah, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
John Custer Jones, State Law Department, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appel-lee.
Before DUBINA, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff/Appellant William E. Hatcher filed an action against the Honorable F. Gates Peed ("Judge Peed") of the Superior Court of Effingham County, Georgia, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, Hatch-er alleges that Judge Peed violated Hatch-er's due process rights by ordering his arrest without cause and granting his adult daughter visitation rights to his minor children. The district court granted Judge Peed's motion to dismiss on the ground of judicial immunity. Hatcher then perfected this appeal.
This court reviews de novo a district court's dismissal of a complaint. Simmons v. Sonyika, 394 F.3d 1335 (11th Cir.2004).
After reviewing the record and reading the parties' briefs, we conclude that the district court correctly dismissed the action against Judge Peed based on the doctrine of judicial immunity. See Mireles v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9, 112 S.Ct. 286, 116 L.Ed.2d 9 (1991); Dykes v. Hosemann, 776 F.2d 942 (11th Cir.1985). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment of dismissal.
AFFIRMED.