Fifth Circuit· 12/7/1999

Spivey v. Robertson

Citations

197 F.3d 772
1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 32021
1999 WL 1115447

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holding that a court is limited to a consideration of the well-pleaded 2 allegations of Plaintiff’s complaint, including any attachments thereto or documents incorporated by reference therein
stating that a court does not \look beyond the face of the pleadings to determine whether relief should be granted\ under Rule 12(b)(6)
stating that a DA who manufactures evidence for the police to place in an affidavit for probable cause acts as a complaining witness and is not entitled to prosecutorial immunity
discussing Kalina, 522 U.S. at 123–31, 118 S. Ct. at 505–10
On a motion to dismiss, “[t]his court will not look beyond the face of the pleadings ... and will construe all allegations in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs.... ”
“This court will not look beyond the face of the pleadings to determine whether relief should be granted based on the alleged facts . . .”

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Judges: Garza, Jolly, Demoss

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