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Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2009, page 37
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Escapes,
Transportation,
Municipal Liability,
Judicial Immunity.
Location:
Washington.
Washington State Deputy Sheriff Not Entitled to Quasi-Judicial Immunity
The Washington Court of Appeals held that a deputy sheriff who was negligent in transporting a prisoner from court to jail was not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity.
Anthony Reijm was taken into custody on the order of Skagit County District …
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