Legal Opinion
Miller v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 2008No. 06-55538PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to review a state parole board’s decision granting, denying, revoking, or suspending parole “of a person sentenced to an indeterminate term upon conviction of murder.” Cal. Const, art. V, § 8(b). We are asked to decide whether the Governor is entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for his reversal of a parole board’s grant of parole where he erroneously extends his authority to review parole decisions to an individual convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. We hold that he is. Accordingly, we affirm the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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