Is a court-appointed psychiatrist immune from liability for damages under the Mental Health Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Burkes v. Callion, 433 F.2d 318 (9th Cir. 1970):
We hold that the court-appointed psychiatrists who prepared and submitted medical reports to the state court are also immune from liability for damages under the Act.2 The function of the examining psychiatrists in this case falls within the scope of "quasi-judicial immunity," defined by this court in Robichaud v. Ronan, 351 F.2d 533, 536 (9th Cir. 1965), to extend to acts committed "in the performance of an integral part of the judicial process."
Affirmed.
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