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· 4/6/2006

Edward Root, Jr. v. Timothy Liston, Docket No. 05-2004-Cv

Citations

  • 444 F.3d 127
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 8373

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that judges who set bail are absolutely immune when they do so
  • observing that courts apply “functional approach to immunity questions”
  • “absolute prosecutorial immunity protects a prosecutor for advocacy in connection with a bail application”

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Judges: Jacobs, Leval, Straub

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