Lyon v. Ellis

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• noting that in evaluating a summary judgment motion, a court 16 views all facts and draws all inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party
• reversing sanctions award because the trial 25 court sanctioned attorneys for violating an unwritten rule 26 requiring their appearance at a class certification hearing
• judicial and prosecutorial immunity “does not extend, however, to 18 actions for prospective injunctive relief”
• “Judges and those performing judge-like functions are absolutely 8 | immune from damage liability for acts performed in their official capacities.”’
• “Judicial immunity applies however erroneous the act may 26 have been, and however injurious in its consequences it may have proved to the plaintiff.” 27 (quotation omitted)

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