Rodriguez v. Weprin

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• holding that court clerks were entitled to immunity for claim that they failed “to properly manage the court calendar,” resulting in delay in scheduling an appeal
• finding that clerks were entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for, infer alia, refusing an inmate's request for records on appeal
• recognizing court’s inherent power to control its docket as part of its judicial function, for which actions, even when administrative, judges and their supporting staff are afforded absolute immunity
• noting that a clerk may not be entitled to absolute immunity in all cases, but holding that the clerk was immune from liability for allegedly failing to properly manage the court calendar
• noting that “court- appointed attorneys performing a lawyer’s traditional functions as counsel to defendant do not act ‘under color of state law’ and therefore are not subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983”
• dismissing § 1983 claims against prosecutors because the Eleventh Amendment bars claims against district and assistant district attorneys acting in their official capacities

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