Williams v. Clott
- Katherine Failla
- 1:21-cv-04207
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Williams v. Clott, Judge Failla dismissed the civil-rights claims and dismissed the detention challenges without prejudice, while denying appeal-related requests.
Tearre Williams’s claims were dismissed; the claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 were dismissed without prejudice. The judgment also denied a certificate of appealability and permission to appeal without paying filing fees.
What happened
In Williams v. Clott, Tearre Williams sued Christopher Mills and Judge Clott. The judgment states that the court dismissed Williams’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as frivolous and because of protections for judges and prosecutors, and because another court proceeding was ongoing. It also dismissed the claims seeking release or other relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 without prejudice.
The court declined to issue a certificate of appealability because the complaint did not substantially show a violation of a constitutional right. It also found that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees.
The judgment entered dismissal of the action. Judge Katherine Failla’s underlying May 19, 2021 order supplied the reasons for the judgment, but that order is not included in the provided text.
The detailed version
- Williams v. Clott · No. 1:21-cv-04207
- Katherine Failla
- May 19, 2021
Background
The provided document is a judgment in an action brought by Tearre Williams against Christopher Mills and Judge Clott. It refers to the court’s separate order dated May 19, 2021, but that order is not included in the provided text. The judgment therefore does not describe the factual allegations or the defendants’ positions.
Rulings
The court dismissed Williams’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a federal civil-rights statute, on the grounds that the claims were frivolous, protected by judicial and prosecutorial immunity, and barred by the doctrine of Younger abstention, which can limit federal-court intervention in certain ongoing state proceedings.
The court also dismissed Williams’s claims for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, a federal statute used to challenge certain forms of custody or detention, without prejudice. The judgment does not state additional details about those claims.
Appeal-related rulings and disposition
The court held that the complaint did not make a substantial showing that a constitutional right had been denied, so it directed that no certificate of appealability issue. It also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The court entered judgment dismissing the action.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.