Kenneth O. Ashelman v. Hon. Gary Pope, Judge Division I, Mohave County Superior Court Mohave County Attorney's Office

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• holding that judges and prosecutors are immune 3 from liability for damages under section 1983
• concluding that prosecutors are not immune when acting outside their quasi-judicial role, such as conspiring to unlawfully arrest a defendant
• holding that when a prosecutor 27 acts within her authority “‘in initiating a prosecution and in presenting the state’s case,’ 28 absolute immunity applies.”
• holding that even improper communication between a 23 judge and prosecutor “does not pierce the immunity extended to judges and prosecutors”
• providing that judges are immune from damages liability for acts performed in their official capacities
• finding that although immunity did not extend to 3 prospective injunctive relief, plaintiff’s claim for such relief was no longer available because 4 plaintiff’s criminal proceedings were over

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