United States Second Circuit

In a correctional officer suit against the state attorney general for refusal to represent him in another suit, dismissal of claims against defendant on the ground of absolute immunity is affirmed as defendant is absolutely immune from liability for his decision not to represent plaintiff.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2006
• Published 12/20/2006

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before KEARSE, SOTOMAYOR, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michelle Holmes, Esq., Waterbury, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory D'Auria, Assistant Attorney General, for Deputy Attorney General (Jane R. Rosenberg, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.