Opinion
No. 08-11982 Non-Argument Calendar.
October 16, 2008.
Joseph W. Blackburn, Birmingham, AL, pro se.
Bettie J. Carmack, State of Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, Scott Burnett Smith, Rusha C. Smith, Sarah L. Nichols, Bradley, Arant, Rose White, LLP, Huntsville, AL, Emily Sides Bonds, Walston, Stabler, Wells, Anderson Bains, Timothy M. Davis, Walston, Wells Birchall, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. D.C. Docket No. 07-00166-CVBAE.
Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and HULL, Circuit Judges.
This RICO 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.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 et seq.
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.