Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Mullis v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
100 L. Ed. 2d 616
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1988-06-06
- Topic
- general
recognizing that a court may take judicial notice of pleadings and orders on a motion to dismiss | holding that a bankruptcy judge and trustee acting pursuant to court order are immune for deprivation of constitutional rights unless their acts are in clear absence of all jurisdiction | “Court clerks have absolute quasi-judicial immunity from damages for civil rights violations when they perform tasks that are an integral part of the judicial process.''
Citator
- Cited by
- 29 opinions
The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.