Lyles v. Sparks

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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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