Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Demarest v. United States

Demarest v. United States, 466 U.S. 950 (1984)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1984-04-23
Topic
general

granting only qualified immunity to state probation officer who initiated probation revocation proceedings | “it is clear that the Commission’s action in the present circumstances does not conflict with that [the antidiscrimination] underlying purpose” | probation officer entitled to only qualified immunity for mistakenly causing arrest for probation violation, acting without court direction and at a phase of the criminal process less intimately associated with the judiciary | only qualified immunity protects probation officer who mistakenly causes arrest and incarceration of probationer | qualified immunity for probation officer’s filing false violation report with parole commission

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.