Second Circuit· 8/3/2004

Mitchell v. Fishbein

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377 F.3d 157
2004 WL 1728004

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formulating a list of attorneys to represent indi- gent defendants is administrative, not judicial, in nature
stating that judicial immunity has been extended to nonjudicial officers, such as court clerks, who perform acts that are “‘functionally comparable’ to that of a judge’” or “are integrally related to an ongoing judicial proceeding” (citations omitted)
applying same factors but concluding that a state court screening committee’s role was not functionally comparable to that of a judge because, inter alia, there was no available avenue for judicial review of committee’s decisions
no such immunity for persons compiling lists of attorneys available to serve pursuant to Article 18-B in the future (“18-B Panels”)

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Judges: Cabranes, Kearse, Oakes

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