Is a probation officer entitled to immunity from prosecution if he acts as a legislative researcher or aide to a state legislator?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Chateaubriand v. Gaspard, 97 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 1996):
There is "no basis for distinguishing the importance of a probation officer's functions to a state-court judge from the importance of a legislative researcher, or aide, to a state legislator." Gross v. Winter, 876 F.2d 165, 172 (D.C.Cir.1989). In either case, the character of the act, not the character of the agent, determines whether immunity applies. Forrester, 484 U.S. at 228, 108 S.Ct. at 544-45.
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