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GAY v. PARSONS

No. 21-16906.

61 F.4th 1088 (2023)

Omar Sharrieff GAY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Amy PARSONS, Senior Psychologist; Gregory S. Goldstein, Psychologist, Defendants-Appellants, and Jennifer Shaffer, Secretary, Board of Parole Hearings; Cliff Kusaj, Chief Psychologist, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 13, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Iram Hasan (argued) and Michael J. Quinn , Deputy Attorneys General; Neah Huynh , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Monica N. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General of California; Office of the California Attorney General; San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Alexandra S. Farley (argued), Carolee A. Hoover , and Kevin B. Frankel , McGuireWoods, San Francisco, California; Jamie D. Wells , Scale LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Donald W. Molloy, District Judge.

OPINION

This appeal concerns whether California Board of Parole Hearings psychologists who prepare comprehensive risk assessment reports for the parole board are entitled to absolute immunity.1 Omar Sharrieff Gay brought a civil rights suit alleging that he was asked racially and religiously...

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