Legal Opinion
Perez-Torres v. State
California Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2007No. S137346PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Mistakenly believing that plaintiff, who was not on parole, had violated his parole, state parole agents arrested and jailed him. After the error was discovered and 25 days after his arrest, plaintiff was released. As relevant here, plaintiff sued the State of California and three of its parole agents for, among other things, negligence and false imprisonment. Defendants invoked Government Code section 845.8, subdivision (a) (section 845.8(a)), 1 which grants public entities and employees immunity from liability for any injury resulting from prisoner release or parole…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Johnson v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Thompson v. County of AlamedaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Johnson v. City of Loma LindaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
- Barner v. LeedsCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
- Whitcombe v. County of YoloCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Soto v. City of Bonner SpringsSupreme Court of Kansas · 2010
- Torres v. Department of Corrections & RehabilitationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
- Castro v. City of HanfordDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2008
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- Rondon v. Mendocino County CA1/4California Court of Appeal · 2020
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