Jones v. Lopez.

• Position: False imprisonment case - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

TIMELY RELEASE

Jones v. Lopez, 262 F.Supp.2d 701 (W.D.Tex. 2001). A prisoner brought a state court suit, alleging that his detention for 253 days beyond the term of his confinement violated his due process rights and constituted false imprisonment. The district court held that the defendants were not entitled to absolute or absolute quasi-judicial immunity from the prisoner's claims, nor were they entitled to qualified immunity. The court...