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BURTON v. INFINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

No. 12-15618.

753 F.3d 954 (2014)

Freddy Joe BURTON; Jan Paul Koch, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INFINITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT; Anne Pantelas; Salvatore C. Gugino, Defendants-Appellants, and Ronald J. Israel, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Lund (argued) and Brian K. Terry, Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant Salvatore C. Gugino.

Daniel R. McNutt (argued), Carbajal & McNutt, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants-Appellants Infinity Capital Management and Anne Pantelas.

Jan Paul Koch (argued), Law Office of Jan Paul Koch, Las Vegas, NV; Robert J. Kossack, Kossack Law Offices, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Freddy Joe Burton and Jan Paul Koch.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, RONALD LEE GILMAN, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether an attorney who prepares an order to show cause for a judge is entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity. We hold that he is not and affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Freddy Joe Burton ("Burton") was injured in a bicycle-automobile collision. He incurred $271,101.87 in related medical expenses and loans and retained Jan Paul Koch ("Koch") to file a lawsuit...

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