Joseph W. Blackburn v. John C. Calhoun, No. 08-11982 (11th Cir. 2008)

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT OCT 16, 2008 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK No. 08-11982 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D. C. Docket No. 07-00166-CV-BAE JOSEPH W. BLACKBURN, Representative Plaintiff and other persons similarly situated, the Plaintiff Class, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JOHN C. CALHOUN, GEORGE R. FERNAMBUCQ, the Law Firm of Boyd, Fernambucq & Vincent, P.C. and its individual partners and/or shareholders, L. STEPHEN WRIGHT, the Law Firm of Najjar, Denaburg, P.C. and its individual partners and/or shareholders, CHARLES GORHAM, and the Law Firm of Gorham & Cason, L.L.C. and their individual partners and/or members, Defendants-Appellees. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama _________________________ (October 16, 2008) Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and HULL, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This RICO1 action is rooted in an Alabama divorce suit. It was brought by the plaintiff more than four years after the decree dissolving his marriage was entered. The defendants are the judge who presided over the case, the lawyer who represented appellant, the lawyer who represented his then wife, another unrelated divorce lawyer, and their law firms. In a thoroughgoing order, record, vol. 3 at tab 73,the district court granted the judge summary judgment on the ground of judicial immunity, and dismissed the claims against the remaining defendants as barred by the statute of limitations. The court also denied plaintiff s motion to alter or amend its judgment. Plaintiff now appeals. We agree for the reasons stated in the district court s order that plaintiff s claims were due to be dismissed. AFFIRMED. 1 The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 et seq. 2

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