Robert Spurlock Ronnie Marshall v. Tommy P. Thompson

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a persistent and pervasive conspiracy among law enforcement personnel and prosecutors to convict Plaintiffs-Appéllees, Robert Spurlock and Ronnie Marshall, of murder upon the false testimony of Henry Apple and others. Defendant-Appellant Tommy P. Thompson, a state prosecutor, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ civil rights complaint on absolute immunity grounds. For the reasons described below, we AFFIRM IN PART and REVERSE IN PART the district court’s denial of Defendant’s motion to dismiss.

I. BACKGROUND

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