Felicia Anderson, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Wayne Anderson, Deceased v. Kevin Simon

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• holding that prosecutor’s decision to delay bringing charges so that additional evidence could be gathered was prosecutorial, not investigative, action
• finding that when deciding a motion to dismiss, \a district court may take judicial notice of matters of public record\
• prosecutor’s refusal to charge arrestee while awaiting further evidence was prosecutorial decision, and, therefore, prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity
• prosecutor’s refusal to charge arrestee while awaiting further evidence was a prosecutorial, not investigative, function; therefore, prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity
• if a prosecutor's function is judicial or quasi-judicial, she is entitled to absolute immunity but administrative or investigatory functions only warrant qualified immunity
• “[D]istrict court may take judicial notice of matters of public record without converting the 12(b)(6) motion into a motion for summary judgment.”

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