Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 12, 1983.
PER CURIAM:
We are presented here with the narrow question of whether a state probation officer, who mistakenly causes the arrest and incarceration of a person on probation, may claim absolute or only qualified immunity in a § 1983 damage suit. The district court below directed a verdict for defendant-appellees at the close of plaintiff-appellant's case, on the ground that the probation officer...
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