Is a municipal court commissioner immune from a claim for damages from a judge for failing to comply with a written notice of intent?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Franklin v. Cnty. of Placer, No. 2:17-cv-2277-JAM-EFB PS (E.D. Cal. 2018):

"Judges are absolutely immune from damages actions for judicial acts taken within the jurisdiction of their courts . . . . A judge loses absolute immunity only when [the judge] acts in the clear absence of all jurisdiction or performs an act that is not judicial in nature." Schucker v.

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Rockwood, 846 F.2d 1202, 1204 (9th Cir. 1988) (per curiam). Judicial immunity extends to municipal court commissioners performing judicial functions. Franceschi v. Schwartz, 57 F.3d 828, 830 (9th Cir. 1995).

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