Echoing his earlier ruling in the civil class action brought by juveniles against former Luzerne County Common Pleas Court Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., a federal judge has ruled in a separate suit that Ciavarella is shielded by judicial immunity from some, but not all, of the allegations.
U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo of the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted in part and denied in part Ciavarella’s motion to dismiss a suit brought against him by a juvenile who had appeared in his courtroom.
