FARRISH v. MISSISSIPPI STATE PAROLE BD.

No. 87-4068.

836 F.2d 969 (1988)

Jerry FARRISH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE PAROLE BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Gibbs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin L. Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GEE and CAROLYN DINEEN KING, Circuit Judges.


CAROLYN DINEEN KING, Circuit Judge:

Three state officials appeal from an adverse judgment in a civil rights suit concerning the denial of a Mississippi parolee's constitutional right to confront an adverse witness at a preliminary parole revocation hearing. The appellants contend that the district court erred in finding as a matter of law that a denial of procedural due process caused the parolee's unlawful detention, in denying the defense of absolute immunity to...

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