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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Whitney grants a county sheriff’s office its motion to dismiss an amended complaint brought by a business owner after his store manager embezzled money and the owner couldn’t pay rent, prompting the landlord to evict the business. During proceedings after the business owner contested the eviction, he claims that a law judge allowed someone in the court to laugh and make fun of him because his son needed to translate for him. He also claims the judge threatened the him, saying that he would not allow any court to vacate his judicial orders. However, in this case, the owner sued this judge, and a few others, in their official capacities only, not in their individual capacities, so the judges maintain sovereign immunity.