· 6/23/2005
Rene Botello v. Richard Gammick John Helzer Washoe County
Citations
- 413 F.3d 971
- 23 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 232
- 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 12122
- 2005 WL 1475387
How courts have described this case
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- holding that absolute immunity does not extend to \dictating to [new employer] how future criminal investigations should be conducted and staffed\
- noting that a prosecutor has absolute immunity for decisions to prosecute or not prosecute a particular case
- noting that the Ninth Circuit has held that, under Nevada law, principal district attorneys are final policymakers for the municipality with respect to the conduct of criminal prosecutions
- “[I]t is well established that a prosecutor has absolute immunity for the decision to 12 prosecute a particular case[.]”
- prosecutor not entitled to absolute immunity for 1 capacity. Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 362 (1978
- \immunity does not attach to all actions taken by a prosecutor merely by virtue of title ... not to actions better described as administrative or investigative.\
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Judges: Noonan, Thomas, Fisher
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