Does a court clerk have any quasi-judicial immunity from civil rights violations?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wilkins v. Stanislaus Cnty., 1:16-cv-01858-DAD-BAM (E.D. Cal. 2018):
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 ... unless [the] acts were done in the clear absence of all jurisdiction." Mullis v. U.S. Bankr.Court, 828 F.2d
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