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State Judges Can Be Sued for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1992, page 5
State Judges Can be Sued for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court
Filed under:
Judicial Misconduct,
Injunctions,
Appeals,
Mandamus,
Habeas Corpus,
Immunity/Liability,
Judicial Immunity.
Location:
Kansas.
Carrol Olson is a Kansas state probationer convicted of issuing a worthless check. Olson sought to appeal his conviction in the Kansas Court of Appeals. The state court of appeals was unable to hear his appeal because it lacked ...
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