Legal Opinion
Keko v. Hingle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2003No. 01-30622PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Two interlocutory appeals have been brought from the district court’s decisions in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action filed by Tony Keko to redress his overturned conviction of the 1991 murder of his estranged wife Louise. Keko appeals the court’s rendition of a Rule 54(b)-certified summary judgment in favor of two sheriffs and several law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel involved in obtaining the conviction. Dr. Michael H. West, whose tainted expert testimony led to the overturning of Keko’s conviction, appeals from the denial of absolute immunity. We affirm…
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