Is a judge immune from liability for personal injury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Corona v. Verderosa, No. 2:14-cv-01473-MCE-AC (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Judicial immunity is a similar but distinct doctrine. Generally, "judges [are immune] from liability for damages for acts committed within their judicial jurisdiction." Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547, 553-54 (1967). This "immunity is overcome in only two sets of circumstances. First, a
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