Richard S. Pope v. Charles P. Chew, Chairman, Virginia Parole & Probation Board or His Successor, Members of the Parole & Probation Board

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• finding that “Parole Board members have been held to perform a quasi-judicial function in considering applications for parole and thus to be immune from damages in § 1983 actions.”
• noting .that the Second Circuit has not definitively addressed this issue, and finding that parole board members are entitled to absolute immunity only when involved in the “decision-making process”
• parole board members immune from liability because they \perform a quasi-judicial function in making recommendations to the Governor regarding the granting or revocation of pardons\
• parole board members immune from liability because they “perform a quasi-judicial function in making recommendations to the Governor regarding the granting or revocation of pardons”
• “Parole Board members have been held to perform a quasi-judicial function in considering applications for parole and thus to be immune from damages in § 1983 actions”
• “The Commonwealth has not suggested, and we have been unable to imagine, how the liberty interests of one who is free on conditional pardon differ from one who is free on parole or probation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).