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Second Circuit Restores Qualified Immunity for Parole Commissioners Imposing Onerous Conditions for Prisoner’s Release
Loaded on May 2, 2023
by Keith Sanders
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct,
Immunity - Absolute and Qualified,
Conditions of.
Location:
New York.
by Keith Sanders
On March 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s denial of summary judgment to members of the New York Board of Parole Commission and Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator’s claims of absolute and qualified immunity (QI), in a suit …
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