Abdul Q. Awwal, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Honorable Robert F. Niccum, Defendant-appellee, 983 F.2d 1065 (6th Cir. 1992)
Annotate this CaseBefore ALAN E. NORRIS and SILER, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Abdul Q. Awwal, appeals the dismissal of his complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant-appellee, Honorable Robert F. Niccum, a state judge, for the deprivation of his constitutional rights, because the plaintiff was removed from a courtroom for failure to remove a cap being worn as part of his observance of the Muslim faith.
As counsel admitted during argument that Judge Niccum acted within his judicial capacity when he directed the plaintiff to be removed from the courtroom, we adopt the reasoning of the decision by the district court on February 26, 1992, by Judge Alice M. Batchelder, finding Judge Niccum to be protected by judicial immunity under Mireles v. Waco, 112 S. Ct. 286 (1991).
AFFIRMED.
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