U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Daniel Norfleet v. Heather Renner
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Filed
- May 20, 2019
- Case
- Daniel Norfleet v. Heather Renner
- Case status
- Decided
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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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