Opinion ID: 787920
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Heading: Parole Hold and Arrest

Text: 32 In California, the issuance of a parole hold is an act by the parole agent that takes place independently of the parole decisional authority. In re Law, 10 Cal.3d 21, 23 n. 2, 109 Cal.Rptr. 573, 575 n. 2, 513 P.2d 621, 623 n. 2 (1973). The ability to issue a parole hold gives the parole officer the power ... to have the parolee restrained merely by exercising his authority to take the parolee into custody and book him into a local jail. Id. When issuing a parole hold, or authorizing an arrest, a parole agent functions as a police officer. See Johnson, 815 F.2d at 8. Therefore, when Christian and Rodriguez ordered the issuance of a parole hold and arrest independently from the BPT's decision making authority, they performed a law enforcement function and are not entitled to absolute immunity for this conduct. 33