Rodney Taylor v. Michael Kavanagh

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• observing that prosecutors are entitled to absolute immunity with respect to activities “intimately associated with the judicial phase of the criminal process[]’’
• finding plea negotiations are absolutely protected: “[t]he plea negotiation is ‘an essential component’ of our system of criminal justice”
• stating obiter that investigatory and administrative work involved in “accumulating evidence” entitles prosecutor only to qualified immunity
• stating obiter that investigatory and administrative work involved in \accumulating evidence\ entitles prosecutor only to qualified immunity
• notwithstanding allegations of fraud and breach of the prosecutor's agreement not to make any recommendation as to a sentence, prosecutor's \conduct in the plea bargaining negotiations ... is protected by the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity\
• notwithstanding allegations of fraud and breach of the prosecutor’s agreement not to make any recommendation as to a sentence, prosecutor’s “conduct in the plea bargaining negotiations ... is protected by the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity”

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