United States Third Circuit

Dismissal of and summary judgment on prisoner-plaintiff's claims asserted under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a parole officer, members of a state parole board, and a psychologist is affirmed where the action against parole board members was foreclosed by Heck v. Humphrey, and the psychologist was entitled to absolute immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2006
• Published 06/29/2006

Judges

• Before:  BARRY, VAN ANTWERPEN, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen M. Latimer, Loughlin & Latimer, Hackensack, NJ, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Zulima V. Farber, Attorney General of New Jersey, Lisa A. Puglisi, Deputy Attorney General, Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, Richard J. HughesJustice Complex, Trenton, NJ, for Appellees Andrew Consovoy, Rolando Gomex-Rivera, Rachel Torres-Chowaniec, Ruby Washington, Kevin Mahoney, and the New Jersey State Parole Board., Daniel R. Esposito, Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy, P.A., Warren, NJ, for Appellee Donald E. Gibbons, Ph.D.