Is a defendant liable in a civil action brought by a former member of the parole board for wrongful dismissal?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Pena v. Shaffer, No. 2:12-cv-0006 EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2012):

Defendants are also immune from damages in their individual capacities. Parole board officials are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for decisions to "grant, deny, or revoke parole," which are "functionally comparable to tasks performed by judges." Swift v. California, 384 F.3d 1184, 1189 (9th Cir. 2004) (internal quotation marks omitted); id. at 1191 ("[A]n official who adjudicates parole decisions is entitled to quasi-judicial immunity for those decisions, and actions integral to those decisions.").

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