Christopher Skinner v. A. Peter Govorchin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[the plaintiff’s] complaint regarding [the defendant’s] denial of [his] grievance appeal, it is clear, fails to state a claim”
• explaining that, since Imbler, prosecutorial immunity extends to any activities in connection with a prosecutor’s duties (citation omitted)
• stating that absolute prosecutorial immunity “also extends beyond the criminal process to conduct in civil proceedings where a government attorney is operating in an enforcement role in ‘initiating . . . judicial proceedings’”
• addressing a prisoner’s claim that state’s collection of PLRA costs was violative of § 1915(b)(2)
• applying absolute immunity to prosecution to recover civil costs, an “enforcement role in initiating judicial proceedings”
• “Skinner’s complaint regarding Wolfenbarger’s denial of Skinner’s grievance appeal, it is clear, fails to state a claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).