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Polk County Vs. Dodson
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- US Supreme Court
- Dec 14, 1981
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U.S. 312 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Polk County v. DodsonSearch
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U.S. 312 (1981) Polk County v. DodsonSearch
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are not controlling. O'Connor v. DonaldsonSearch
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U. S. 563 , and Estelle v. GambleSearch
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U.S. 963 (1981). We now reverse. II In United States v. ClassicSearch
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See O'Connor v. DonaldsonSearch
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of an administrative superior. Held to the same standards of competence and integrity as a private lawyer, see Moore v. UnitedSearch
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This Court's decision in Gideon v. WainwrightSearch
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Id. at 372 U. S. 345 , quoting Powell v. AlabamaSearch
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be no fair trial unless the accused receives the services of an effective and independent advocate. See, e.g., Gideon v. WainwrightSearch
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cannot assume that Polk County, having employed public defenders to satisfy the State's obligations under Gideon v. WainwrightSearch
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proceeding, we do not suggest that a public defender Page 454 U. S. 325 never acts in that role. In Branti v. FinkelSearch
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act under color of state law while performing certain administrative and possibly investigative functions. Cf. Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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no views as to a public defender's liability for malpractice in an appropriate case under state tort law. See Ferri v. AckermanSearch
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of Supervisors. Section 1983 will not support a claim based on a respondeat superior theory of liability. Monell v. NewSearch
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We conclude not. In Monell v. NewSearch
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Id. at 436 U. S. 694 . See Rizzo v. GoodeSearch
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grounds of their frivolity. But a policy of withdrawal from frivolous cases would not violate the Constitution. Anders v. CaliforniaSearch
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our cases, even in light of the sympathetic pleading requirements applicable to pro se petitioners, see Haines v. KernerSearch
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Iowa Rule App. Proc. 104( f ). The Iowa procedure is very similar to that prescribed by this Court in Anders v. CaliforniaSearch
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that public defenders do act under color of state law in their representation of indigent defendants. See Robinson v. BergstromSearch
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F.2d 1104 (1980) (case below). The Fifth and the Tenth Circuits have held that they do not. See Slavin v. CurrySearch
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Espinoza v. RogersSearch
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See Brown v. JosephSearch
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Miller v. BarillaSearch
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asked us to decide whether public defenders are entitled to the same absolute immunity as judges, See Bradley v. FisherSearch
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Wall. 335 (1872), and prosecutors, see Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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The Court has reiterated this definition in subsequent cases. See, e.g., Screws v. UnitedSearch
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to his client has been accepted by virtually every court that has considered the issue. See, e.g., Espinoza v. RogersSearch
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Brown v. JosephSearch
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Skolnick v. MartinSearch
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Dotlich v. KaneSearch
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true even of cases in which a private attorney has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant. See, e.g., Page v. SharpeSearch
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Hall v. QuillenSearch
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Mulligan v. SchlachterSearch
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French v. CorriganSearch
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Barnes v. DoreySearch
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by the Iowa courts. Id. at 477. See Sanchez v. MurphySearch
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Relying on such cases as Burton v. WilmingtonSearch
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Parking Authority, 365 U. S. 715 (1961), and Moose Lodge No. 107 v. IrvisSearch
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Russell Dodson. Although this Court has sometimes treated the questions as if they were identical, see United States v. PriceSearch
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immaterial. There is no difference in this respect, the dissent contends, between administrative functions, see Branti v. FinkelSearch
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