Nikita Lee Mahoney, Kimberly Ann Snodgrass, Christopher Snodgrass, Detrick Brandon, Tina Marie Phares, and Dazarious…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the district judge because all challenged conduct—appointing counsel, setting bond, imposing and collecting fines, and ordering imprisonment for nonpayment—was judicial in nature and therefore protected by absolute judicial immunity. The requested declaratory relief was retrospective because it sought declarations concerning completed convictions, fines, and sentences, rather than rights governing future conduct. The court therefore did not reach the merits of the alleged constitutional violations.