U.S. District Court: FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
Sampson v. City of Xenia Xenia (zē`nēə), city (1990 pop. 24,664), seat of Greene co., SW Ohio; inc. 1814. It is a trade and industrial center in a farm area. Rope and twine, plastics, potato chips, valves, and hydraulic lifts are among its manufactures. , 108 F.Supp.2d 821 (S.D. Ohio 1999). A suspect who was mistakenly confined in a county jail for three months after all charges were dropped against him sued city officials in state court and under [sections] 1983 in federal court. The federal district court held that a municipal court clerk A court clerk, in British English clerk to the court or in American English clerk of the court is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining the records of a court. Another duty is to swear in witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors. was entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity from liability for her handling of the entry dismissing all charges against the suspect. (Greene County Greene County is the name of fourteen counties in the United States of America, each named in honor of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene: - Greene County, Alabama
- Greene County, Arkansas
- Greene County, Georgia
- Greene County, Illinois
Jail, Ohio)
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