Legal Opinion
Jamila Russell v. Superior Court of the Virgin I
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 25, 2018No. 17-2255PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAUSE, Circuit Judge.
*244 In this tragic case, after Appellee Jamila Russell enlisted the help of the Virgin Islands Superior Court and its Court Marshals with her truant teenage son, L.T., Deputy Marshal Chris Richardson allegedly shot him at his home, unarmed and mostly undressed, rendering him a quadriplegic. Russell filed suit and the District Court denied the motions of Richardson and the Superior Court to dismiss on various immunity grounds. In this interlocutory appeal, we consider, among other things, whether judicial immunity extends to protect an officer from a suit challenging the…
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