Legal Opinion
James J. Giuffre v. Nicholas Bissell Richard Thornburg Robert Smith Russ Leffert Sam Debella Richard Meyers County of Somerset
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 4, 1994No. 93-5541PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to revisit the doctrine of absolute and qualified immunity in order to determine if we may review at this time the district court’s order which denied summary judgment to the individual defendants. Insofar as the appellee Giuffre’s complaint alleges violations of his Fifth, Sixth, and procedural Fourteenth Amendment rights, we hold that the individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity, and to that extent reverse the district court’s order. We also hold that the district court correctly denied absolute immunity at…
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