United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff's suit, charging defendants with prosecutorial misconduct during his criminal homicide trial, is dismissed where defendants have absolute and qualified immunity since their involvement in prosecutorial decisions was advocacy intimately associated with the judicial process.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2003
• Decided 09/27/2004
• Published 09/27/2004

Judges

• Before PREGERSON, COWEN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd R. Kinnear, Edward Patrick Swan, Jr., Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, San Diego, CA, Jeffrey G. Carver, San Diego, CA, Morris G. Hill, Office of the County Counsel, San Diego, CA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick L. Hosey, Hosey & Bahrambeygui, San Diego, CA, for the appellee.