United States Seventh Circuit

Officers enforcing courtroom security are not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity, a form of absolute immunity, when using excessive force to seize a person pursuant to a court order, unless the excessive force was specifically ordered by the judge.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2000
• Decided 10/16/2001
• Published 10/16/2001

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sheldon Nahmod (Argued), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, Edward A. Cohen, Block & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Maureen D. Yamashiro (Argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.