Judge: Woman Failed To Show Habeas Relief For Herself, Her Elderly Mother

Mealey's (November 27, 2019, 9:55 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Nov. 18 found that habeas relief does not apply to a woman who is challenging a guardianship decision concerning her elderly mother because she is not in custody, that the woman, as a non-attorney, cannot proceed on behalf of her mother and that a state trial judge is protected by judicial immunity (Mary Bush, et al. v. Judge Katherine B.L. Platt, No. 19-4414, E.D. Pa.)....