173770P.pdf   07/26/2019  Justice Network Inc  v.  Craighead County
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3770
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Kelly and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In action alleging two Craighead County, 
   Arkansas District Judges violated plaintiff's civil rights when they 
   declared an amnesty program for fees probation clients owed plaintiff for 
   probation supervision services, the judges were entitled to absolute 
   judicial immunity on all of plaintiff's claims as Arkansas judges have 
   authority to suspend the imposition of fines in criminal cases and may 
   modify terms and conditions of supervision; additionally, the judges are 
   state government employees and their decisions could not create municipal 
   liability under Section 1983; plaintiff's request for declaratory relief 
   is retrospective and seeks, in essence, to invalidate the actions of the 
   judges; as a result, plaintiff is not entitled to declaratory relief; the 
   district court did not err in dismissing the claims against Craighead 
   County and the City defendants as the judges are state employees, not 
   employees of the County or the cities, and the judges' actions cannot be 
   imputed to them.