ROLAND v. PHILLIPS

No. 93-8233.

19 F.3d 552 (1994)

Geneva ROLAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E.W. PHILLIPS; David Benjamin; Lin Harrell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Sanders, Thomasville, GA, for defendants-appellants.

Leonard Farkas, Albany, GA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, RONEY and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judges.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this interlocutory appeal, we decide for the first time in our circuit whether a county sheriff and deputy sheriffs are accorded absolute quasi-judicial immunity for acts done to enforce valid judicial orders. The district court denied these county law enforcement officials summary judgment. We REVERSE and REMAND.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-appellee Geneva Roland is the president of Roland Well Drilling, Inc., which owns and...

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