Jerry Farrish v. Mississippi State Parole Board

CAROLYN DINEEN KING, Circuit Judge:

Three state officials appeal from an adverse judgment in a civil rights suit concerning the denial of a Mississippi parolee’s constitutional right to confront an adverse witness at a preliminary parole revocation hearing. The appellants contend that the district court erred in finding as a matter of law that a denial of procedural due process caused the parolee’s unlawful detention, in denying the defense of absolute immunity to the officials involved in the revocation hearing, and in finding that the officials were not entitled to qualified immunity in this…