Legal Opinion
Cynthia A. Forrester v. Judge Howard Lee White
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 1986No. 84-1823PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the doctrine of judicial immunity shields a state-court judge from liability for damages in a § 1983 action for alleged sex-based discrimination arising from the dismissal of a probation officer. The district court found that the defendant judge was immune. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm.
I
For the purposes of deciding this appeal, the facts may be summarized as follows:
Defendant Howard Lee White was at all times material to this dispute a Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of…
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