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Absolute Immunity For Acting On Court Order Denied In Failure To Protect Claim
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2005
by Bob Williams
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2005, page 31
Absolute Immunity For Acting On Court Order Denied
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Informants,
Failure to Protect (General),
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity,
Judicial Immunity,
Informants (Failure to Protect).
Location:
Delaware.
In Failure To Protect Claim
by Bob Williams
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of absolute immunity against prison guards who claimed they were following a court order when they failed to protect a known prison informant, even …
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