Fourth Circuit· 3/19/1996

Lyles v. Sparks

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79 F.3d 372
1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 4726

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finding government official immune to civil liability, including claim of conspiracy, for allegedly giving false testimony in judicial proceedings
“In Bivens-type actions, as at common law, prosecutors enjoy absolute immunity for conduct ‘intimately associated with the judicial phase of the criminal process.’ ” (quoting Imbler, 424 U.S. at 430, 96 S. Ct. at 995)
“[W]e hold that [Assistant United States Attorney] Arnell enjoys absolute immunity from claims that she made false representations and suborned perjury before the grand jury that indicted Edmond and Lyles.”
\The Supreme Court also held in Imbler that absolute immunity protected the prose- cutor from allegations that he had knowingly used perjured testimony and suppressed material evidence at the plaintiff's trial.\
“[b]e-cause the reasoning behind Briscoe is equally applicable to government officials’ grand jury testimony, we hold that [the agent, in that case a postal inspector] enjoys absolute immunity from the Perjurer’s Liability claim against him based on his testimony before the grand jury”

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