Opinion

John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. Procunier

  • 641 F.2d 1295
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 14465
Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Filed
Apr 9, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Blumenfeld
On the bench
Hug, Alarcon, Blumenfeld
Cited by
176 cases

finding that right of California inmate to challenge length of fixed prison term by way of habeas corpus sufficient to protect inmate's constitutional rights

How later courts described this case

  • finding that right of California inmate to challenge length of fixed prison term by way of habeas corpus sufficient to protect inmate's constitutional rights
  • concluding that members of parole board are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for performance of their duties
  • explaining that absolute immunity applies to parole board officials’ decisions to grant, deny, or revoke parole
  • Ruling on Motion to Dismiss

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

BLUMENFELD, District Judge,

concurring specially:

I concur in the result.

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