Clay v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a court clerk enjoys absolute immunity for complying with the court’s express order or directive, but only qualified immunity for routine duties that are not explicitly commanded
• holding that a court clerk enjoys absolute immunity for complying with the court's express order or directive, but only qualified immunity for routine duties that are not explicitly commanded
• finding that a circuit court clerk was absolutely immune for allegedly charging excessive bail, where trial judge had set bail
• finding circuit court clerk entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for entering bail order in related case
• “Court clerks have absolute immunity from actions for damages arising from acts they are specifically required to do under court order or at a judge’s discretion.”
• “Court [employees] ‘have absolute immunity from actions for damages arising from acts they are specifically required to do under court order or at a judge’s discretion.’” (quoting Tarter v. Hury, 646 F.2d 1010, 1013 (5th Cir. Unit A June 1981))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).