The Houston bankruptcy judge who resigned after failing to disclose a romance with a lawyer moved to dismiss a lawsuit that accused him of violating a shareholder’s civil rights.
David R. Jones argued in court papers filed Dec. 28 that he’s entitled to judicial immunity because the actions at issue in the lawsuit were taken as part of his official duties as a judge.
The suit was brought in October by Michael Van Deelen, a disgrunteld shareholder from a contentious Chapter 11 case Jones presided over when he was a judge on the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District ...
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