United States Ninth Circuit

In plaintiffs' civil rights suit against several Massachusetts officials allegedly responsible for not extraditing a murderer in the months prior to the murders of their family members, district court's denial of defendants' motions to dismiss is reversed and remanded where defendants were entitled to absolute immunity to the extent they participated in making the extradition decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2012
• Published 11/19/2012

Judges

• Christen

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel