Opinion ID: 158402
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Heading: 09-1503, Smith v. Krieger

Text: In Smith v. Krieger, Mr. Smith filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He initially named the Honorable David M. Ebel as a defendant in his official capacity, apparently with an eye to policing Judge Ebel’s handling of another case Mr. Smith had filed in that district, Smith v. Bender, No. 1:07-cv-01924-MSK-KMT (filed Sept. 12, 2007). -3- See Aplt. Opening Br. at 17 (“this lawsuit was filed with the purpose of attempting to prevent what happened in [Bender]”). Mr. Smith also named the district court and this court (the Federal Defendants), the Colorado Court of Appeals and the Colorado Supreme Court (the State Defendants), and 99 John Does as defendants. The case was drawn to Judge Ebel, who recused himself, and reassigned to the Honorable Marcia S. Krieger. After Judge Ebel recused himself in Bender, that case was assigned to Judge Krieger. Mr. Smith then filed an amended complaint in this case, substituting Judge Krieger in her official capacity