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Case history

  • May 20, 2019
    decided Decision issued in Daniel Norfleet v. Heather Renner

Opinions and writings

Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton May 20, 2019

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Judy Farris is a Tennessee judicial commissioner. She issued a warrant for Daniel Norfleet's arrest based on an affidavit from his probation officer saying that he had violated his probation. Norfleet went to jail for several months. A state court judge dismissed the warrant on the ground that Tennessee commissioners lack authority to issue such warrants. Norfleet…

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