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Ninth Circuit Says Absolute Immunity Protects Extradition Decisions

Ninth Circuit Says Absolute Immunity Protects Extradition Decisions

 

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the decision not to extradite a criminal defendant is intimately associated with the criminal phase of the judicial process. Therefore, state officials participating in that decision are absolutely immune from suit.

 

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