Legal Opinion
Careaga v. James
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1980No. 79-1723PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
This pro se civil rights suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by plaintiff, a Missouri state inmate, against Judge Harry M. James and the people of St. Louis. Plaintiff, who plead guilty to four felony charges in 1971, alleged in substance that after he plead guilty, Judge James, then presiding in the circuit court of the State of Missouri, expressed regret that he was legally barred from imposing a death sentence. The district court1 held that the alleged actions of Judge James were within the scope of his judicial immunity (citing Gilbert v. Corcoran, 530 F.2d 820 (8th Cir. 1976);…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Cotton v. HuttoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Donald Duane Johnson and Leo Roll v. Ronald Reagan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robert L. Sanders v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Thomas Hahn v. Maurice McLey Arnold Dischler and Officer Andy Anderson, Thomas Hahn v. Maurice McLey Arnold Dischler and Officer Andy AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Pearl v. DobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Pearl v. DobbsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Quaschnick v. MinnesotaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
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