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· 8/22/2012

Rickey Coleman v. Earl Dunlap

Citations

  • 695 F.3d 650
  • 34 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 321
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 17696
  • 2012 WL 3590809

How courts have described this case

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  • providing that judges cannot be sued when acting in their official roles
  • explaining that judges cannot be sued when acting in their official roles
  • providing that judges cannot be sued when acting in their official roles
  • questioning in dicta whether cat's paw theory is available in § 1983 cases where vicarious liability is ordinarily inapplicable
  • “Parties who, although not judges, engage in adjudication such as ... administrative tribunals ... enjoy absolute immunity.”
  • “Parties who, although not judges, engage in adjudication such as … administrative tribunals … enjoy absolute immunity.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Bauer, Wood

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