PARSONS v. WRIGHT


649 A.2d 1108 (1994)

Orrin PARSONS v. William T. WRIGHT et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Hornblower (orally), David M. Sanders, Livermore Falls, for plaintiff.

Steven J. Mogul (orally), Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, Bangor, James MacMichael (orally), MacMichael & Talbot, Skowhegan, for defendants.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, and DANA, JJ.


DANA, Justice.

Somerset County, its Sheriff William Wright, and his assistant Betty Wright appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Somerset County, Kravchuk, J.) denying a summary judgment with respect to that portion of Orrin Parsons's suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1981).1 Because we conclude that the Wrights are immune from the section 1983 claim, we remand for the entry of a summary judgment in their favor...

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