United States Sixth Circuit

Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights action challenging the refusal of certain Michigan Supreme Court Justices to recuse themselves from cases in which plaintiff-former gubernatorial candidate is involved is affirmed in part as to dismissal of a challenge to past recusal decisions, but reversed in part as to dismissal of a challenge to the constitutionality of Michigan's recusal rule as the Rooker-Feldman doctrine did not bar the claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/26/2006
• Published 12/26/2006

Judges

• Before SILER and CLAY, Circuit Judges;  STAFFORD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael R. Dezsi, Fieger, Fieger, Kennedy & Johnson, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant.  Margaret A. Nelson, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Richard L. Steinberg, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  Margaret A. Nelson, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.