Is there any immunity for a private person assisting a judge?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bliven v. Hunt, 579 F.3d 204 (2nd Cir. 2009):
function); see generally Mitchell v. Fishbein, 377 F.3d 157, 172-74 (2d Cir.2004). But private persons assisting judges are not accorded absolute immunity with respect to the performance of functions that are nonjudicial. See, e.g., id. at 174 (no such immunity for persons compiling lists of attorneys available to serve pursuant to Article 18-B in the future ("18-B Panels")).
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