U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2005

Hatcher v. Peed

Hatcher v. Peed
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided May 10, 2005
128 F. App'x 105

Hatcher v. Peed

Opinion of the Court

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.

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