Sontcvh v. Sharon Steel Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that under Iqbal, a plaintiff “must allege, not only a viable [failure to train] theory, but facts that render the theory plausible”
• noting that absolute immunity attaches when a prosecutor submits false evidence or suborns perjury
• finding that prosecutor’s pre-trial coercion of witnesses into giving false testimony and presentation of that testimony at trial were actions “taken to ensure his success at trial” that were entitled to absolute immunity
• finding complaint’s reference to a “litany of other police-misconduct cases” failed to support Monell claim because they involved different issues “or something less (settlements without admissions of liability and unproven allegations) than evidence of misconduct”
• finding complaint’s reference to a “litany of other police-misconduct cases” failed to support Monell claim because they involved different issues “or something less (settlements without admissions of liability and unproven allegations) than evidence of misconduct”
• “No reasonable prosecutor could think it acceptable to submit false evidence or suborn perjury, yet prosecutorial immunity attaches to such acts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).