All complaints filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be absolutely privileged. The Commission on Judicial Performance, its members, executive director, commission counsel, master or fact finder, their assistants, staff and employees, and the members of any committee created under the authority of the Mississippi Code of Judicial Conduct shall be immune from civil suit for any conduct arising out of the performance of their official duties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 9-19-29
Privileged character of complaints; immunity from civil suit
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Lampton v. Diaz (2011)
Most recently applied in Lampton v. Diaz (October 2011)
Laws, 1981, ch. 483, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 15, 1981); Laws, 2018, ch. 429, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 11, 2018
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