United States Ninth Circuit

Fabricating evidence by acquiring false witness statements, filing a false crime report, investigating an alleged crime as a detective rather than an advocate, and making statements to the media are not acts for which prosecutors are shielded by absolute immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2001
• Decided 07/20/2001
• Published 07/20/2001

Judges

• HUG, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HUG and B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wiley Ramey, Van Nuys, California, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven J. Renick, Manning & Marder Kasss, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees.