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Parole Officers Not Absolutely Immune For Conduct Distinct From Parole Decisions
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2005, page 34
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Sentencing,
Parole,
Qualified Immunity,
Judicial Immunity.
Location:
California.
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that California Department of Corrections (CDC) parole officers were not absolutely immune from suit by a former prisoner who alleged he was re-incarcerated because the officers falsified his records in a conspiracy to cause his wrongful detention.
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