Frank Slavin v. Tim Curry Etc.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming a grant of a motion for summary judgment because the record contained “absolutely no evidence” of a “specific intent to deceive,” a necessary element of the nonmovant’s claim
• “[SJtate officials are not absolutely immune from suit but ordinarily may be held liable only in the performance of ministerial rather than discretionary duties.”
• presentation of evidence to grand jury and request that defendant’s bond be can-celled are protected by absolute immunity, but alleged alteration of trial transcript is not
• alleged alteration of trial transcript after trial and prior to appeal not part of prosecutorial function
• “A judge cannot allow the personal view that the allegations of a pro se complaint are implausible to temper his duty to appraise such pleadings liberally.” Hudspeth v. Figgins, 584 F.2d 1345 (4th Cir. 1978
• also holding that such “immunity does not extend to immunity from equitable relief”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).