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Mahendra Rudra Sharma v. Alexander Stevas, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court

Mahendra Rudra SHARMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alexander STEVAS, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court, Defendant-Appellee

Mahendra Rudra Sharma v. Stevas, 790 F.2d 1486 (9th Cir. 1986)
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Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · U.S. Courts of Appeals
Decided
June 9, 1986
Docket
No. 85-2296
Judges
Wallace, Hug, Kozinski
Citations
790 F.2d 14861986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25918

Opinion

ORDER The judgment of the district court dismissing Sharma’s Federal Tort Claims Act action with prejudice is affirmed. The defendant Clerk of the United States Supreme Court has absolute quasi-judicial immunity because his challenged activities were an integral part of the judicial process.

Morrison v. Jones, 607 F.2d 1269, 1273 (9th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 962 , 100 S.Ct. 1648 , 64 L.Ed.2d 237 (1980).

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