Does a judge lose absolute immunity from prosecution for gross misconduct?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fecteau v. California, No. 2:16-cv-809-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
the jurisdiction of their courts . . . A judge loses absolute immunity only when [the judge] acts in the clear absence of all jurisdiction or performs an act that is not judicial in nature." Schucker v. Rockwood, 846 F.2d 1202, 1204 (9th Cir. 1988) (per curiam).
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