# John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. Procunier

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · April 9, 1981 · 641 F.2d 1295

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9467632

## Case

- **Full name:** John Houston SELLARS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER Et Al., Defendant-Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** April 9, 1981
- **Citations:** 641 F.2d 1295; 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 14465
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Blumenfeld
- **Judges:** Hug, Alarcon, Blumenfeld
- **Cited by:** 176 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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
- finding absolute immunity applies to parole 7 board officials considering whether to grant, deny or revoke parole

## Opinion text

BLUMENFELD, District Judge,
concurring specially:
I concur in the result.

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