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183450P.pdf 01/28/2020 Henry Hamilton v. City of Hayti, Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-3450
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Colloton and Kobes, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. In issuing the warrant for plaintiff's arrest,
the court clerk exercised authority delegated by the municipal judge, who
was acting within his jurisdiction; the judge was entitled to absolute
immunity from plaintiff's arrest and detention damage claims based on an
invalid warrant issued by the clerk; the judge's practice of setting a
bond schedule conditioning pretrial release of persons accused of
municipal ordinance violations was a judicial act within his jurisdiction
to which judicial immunity applies; court clerk was entitled to
quasi-judicial immunity for issuing an invalid arrest warrant that
included a cash bond requirement; judge's bond practices were not
attributable to the City; no error in granting summary judgment to
defendants on plaintiff's Section 1983 conspiracy claim as plaintiff
failed to establish a meeting of the minds.