Legal Opinion
Michael D. Murphy v. Terry D. Morris, Kelly Mescher, and Unknown M.T.C.M. Mail Room Personnel
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1988No. 87-2026PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Kelly Mescher, an assistant attorney general for the State of Missouri, appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion to dismiss this action, brought by Michael Murphy, an inmate of the Missouri Department of Corrections, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mescher argues that the district court erred in concluding that she is not absolutely immune from suit for acts undertaken in defense of state officials in a prior section 1983 lawsuit brought by Murphy against the state and various state officials. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
This action arises, generally, out of civil…
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