Hereford v. Jefferson County

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• holding that a deputy sheriff, as a legal extension of the sheriff, was entitled to the same immunity as the sheriff acting on behalf of the State
• explaining that under Alabama law, sheriffs are entitled to sovereign immunity from suits for damages based on official acts
• upholding, on the basis of § 14 immunity, the dismissal of a suit against a sheriff, in his official and 29 SC-2024-0263 individual capacities, seeking damages for negligence and wantonness stemming from the mistaken release of an inmate
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in *Page 806 releasing a prisoner
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in releasing a prisoner
• deputy sheriffs were entitled to State immunity for their actions in releasing a prisoner

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