Legal Opinion
Hansen v. Kjellsen
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided January 2, 2002No. NonePublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORS, Acting Justice.
[¶ 1.] Alan Hansen, Sr. (Hansen) filed a complaint alleging that Steve Kjellsen (Kjellsen), a court services officer, intentionally submitted false information in the presentence report that he had prepared on Hansen’s case. The trial court dismissed Hansen’s complaint, holding that Kjellsen was entitled to absolute judicial immunity. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2.] Hansen pled guilty to two counts of third degree rape and two counts of distributing marijuana to a minor. Hansen’s seventeen-year-old daughter was the victim. Kjellsen is a court services officer in…
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