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Polk County Vs. Dodson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 14, 1981

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  3. Monroe Vs. Pape US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1961
  4. Ferri Vs. Ackerman US Supreme Court · Dec 04, 1979
  5. O'Connor Vs. Donaldson US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1975
  6. Haines Vs. Kerner US Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1972
  7. imbler Vs. Pachtman US Supreme Court · Nov 03, 1975
  8. Branti Vs. Finkel US Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1980
  9. U.S. 312 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court Polk County v. Dodson
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  10. U.S. 312 (1981) Polk County v. Dodson
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  11. are not controlling. O'Connor v. Donaldson
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  12. U. S. 563 , and Estelle v. Gamble
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  13. U.S. 963 (1981). We now reverse. II In United States v. Classic
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  14. See O'Connor v. Donaldson
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  15. of an administrative superior. Held to the same standards of competence and integrity as a private lawyer, see Moore v. United
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  16. This Court's decision in Gideon v. Wainwright
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  17. Id. at 372 U. S. 345 , quoting Powell v. Alabama
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  18. be no fair trial unless the accused receives the services of an effective and independent advocate. See, e.g., Gideon v. Wainwright
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  19. cannot assume that Polk County, having employed public defenders to satisfy the State's obligations under Gideon v. Wainwright
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  20. proceeding, we do not suggest that a public defender Page 454 U. S. 325 never acts in that role. In Branti v. Finkel
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  21. act under color of state law while performing certain administrative and possibly investigative functions. Cf. Imbler v. Pachtman
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  22. no views as to a public defender's liability for malpractice in an appropriate case under state tort law. See Ferri v. Ackerman
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  23. of Supervisors. Section 1983 will not support a claim based on a respondeat superior theory of liability. Monell v. New
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  24. We conclude not. In Monell v. New
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  25. Id. at 436 U. S. 694 . See Rizzo v. Goode
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  26. grounds of their frivolity. But a policy of withdrawal from frivolous cases would not violate the Constitution. Anders v. California
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  27. our cases, even in light of the sympathetic pleading requirements applicable to pro se petitioners, see Haines v. Kerner
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  28. Iowa Rule App. Proc. 104( f ). The Iowa procedure is very similar to that prescribed by this Court in Anders v. California
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  29. that public defenders do act under color of state law in their representation of indigent defendants. See Robinson v. Bergstrom
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  30. F.2d 1104 (1980) (case below). The Fifth and the Tenth Circuits have held that they do not. See Slavin v. Curry
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  31. Espinoza v. Rogers
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  32. See Brown v. Joseph
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  33. Miller v. Barilla
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  34. asked us to decide whether public defenders are entitled to the same absolute immunity as judges, See Bradley v. Fisher
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  35. Wall. 335 (1872), and prosecutors, see Imbler v. Pachtman
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  36. The Court has reiterated this definition in subsequent cases. See, e.g., Screws v. United
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  37. to his client has been accepted by virtually every court that has considered the issue. See, e.g., Espinoza v. Rogers
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  38. Brown v. Joseph
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  39. Skolnick v. Martin
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  40. Dotlich v. Kane
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  41. true even of cases in which a private attorney has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant. See, e.g., Page v. Sharpe
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  42. Hall v. Quillen
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  43. Mulligan v. Schlachter
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  44. French v. Corrigan
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  45. Barnes v. Dorey
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  46. by the Iowa courts. Id. at 477. See Sanchez v. Murphy
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  47. Relying on such cases as Burton v. Wilmington
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  48. Parking Authority, 365 U. S. 715 (1961), and Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
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  49. Russell Dodson. Although this Court has sometimes treated the questions as if they were identical, see United States v. Price
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  50. immaterial. There is no difference in this respect, the dissent contends, between administrative functions, see Branti v. Finkel
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