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.''

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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.