United States Third Circuit

Although prison official defendants are not absolutely immune from Eighth Amendment charges on the ground that they acted pursuant to a court order, the case is remanded as to whether they are entitled either to absolute immunity for acting in a quasi-judicial capacity or to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2002
• Decided 02/28/2003
• Published 02/28/2003

Judges

• Before NYGAARD, AMBRO, Circuit Judges and O'NEILL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc P. Niedzielski (Argued), Stuart B. Drowos, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John W. Shaw (Argued), Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.