U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Daniel Norfleet v. Heather Renner
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Moore, Murphy, Sutton — not matched to a Benchlight profile
Case history
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May 20, 2019decided Decision issued in Daniel Norfleet v. Heather Renner
Opinions and writings
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…