Legal Opinion
David M. Foster v. Lawrence J. Walsh, Clerk, Akron Municipal Court
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1988No. 88-3256PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Per curiam
Pursuant to an outstanding warrant issued by the Akron Municipal Court, plaintiff David Foster was arrested by the state police for failure to pay a traffic fine. The warrant was issued in error, the fine already having been paid.
Mr. Foster sued the Akron Municipal Court and two of its officers in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The defendants moved to dismiss on a variety of grounds, among them that the officers (the court clerk and a referee) enjoyed absolute immunity from suit. The district court dismissed the case against the referee, but declined to dismiss the remaining…
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