FORRESTER v. WHITE

No. 84-1823.

792 F.2d 647 (1986)

Cynthia A. FORRESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Judge Howard Lee WHITE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Anne Sedey, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Imelda Terrazino, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before ESCHBACH and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The primary question presented in this appeal is whether the doctrine of judicial immunity shields a state-court judge from liability for damages in a § 1983 action for alleged sex-based discrimination arising from the dismissal of a probation officer. The district court found that the defendant judge was immune. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm.

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