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FILED
JUL 3 1 2012
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Clerk, U.S. Drstrict & Bankruptcy
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Courts for the District of Columbia
ABDUL WAKIL AMIRI,
Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No. 12 1262
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis and
his prose complaint. For the reasons stated below, the Court will grant the application and
dismiss the complaint.
Plaintiff alleges that he was evicted from his apartment, and he purports to bring this tort
action for damages against the Superior Court judge who presided over the action brought by his
former landlord in the Civil Division, Landlord and Tenant Branch, ofthe Superior Court of the
District of Columbia. The complaint will be dismissed.
The judge enjoys absolute immunity from liability for damages for acts
committed within his judicial jurisdiction. See Mirales v. Waco, 502 U.S. 9 (1991); Forrester v.
White, 484 U.S. 219 (1988); Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall. 335, 20 L.Ed. 646 (1872). That
jurisdiction includes civil matters, see D.C. Code§ 11-921(a), including actions for possession of
real property, see D.C. Code§ 16-1501 ("When a person detains possession of real property
without right, ... the Superior Court ... , on complaint under oath verified by the person
aggrieved by the detention, or by his agent or attorney having knowledge of the facts, may issue
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a summons ... to the party complained of to appear and show cause why judgment should not be
given against him for the restitution of possession").
An Order is issued separately.
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