Legal Opinion
Zaher Zahrey v. Martin E. Coffey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 2000No. 1999PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the qualified immunity defense of a prosecutor accused of fabricating false evidence against a defendant. Zaher Zahrey appeals from the September 2,1999, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Loretta A. Preska, District Judge), dismissing on the ground of qualified immunity Zahrey’s claims against Assistant United States Attorney Martin E. Coffey. Coffey concedes, only for purposes of this appeal, that his alleged misconduct occurred while he was acting in an investigative capacity, for which only…
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