Sixth Circuit: Judge Not Immune for Child Mistreatment
The scope of judicial immunity is broad, but, alas, it is not “handcuff-a-child-and-subject-them-to-a-live-streamed-show-trial-while-threatening-to-send-them-to-juvenile-hall-for-falling-asleep-on-a-field-trip” broad. That’s the takeaway from the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Till v. King : While Judge King was informing students in the program about his career as a lawyer, ELG fell asleep. This offended Judge King, so he devised a plan to “scare her straight.” ELG was placed in handcuffs, forced to wear a prison jumpsuit, and locked in a detention cell for several hours. Later that day, Judge King put ELG on “mock trial” before the other students in the program, which was streamed on the court’s YouTube channel. Grounded in authoritative content and verified at every step, Protégé is the only legal AI tool that delivers work you can trust—without exception.
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