Daniel F. Sullivan v. Frederick R. Carrick

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Frederick Carrick, appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment based on the defenses of absolute and qualified immunity. Our jurisdiction over this appeal is based on the collateral order doctrine of Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731, 102 S.Ct. 2690, 73 L.Ed.2d 349 (1982) and Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985).

We describe the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmovant. See Unwin v. Campbell, 863 F.2d 124, 126 (1st Cir.1988). Both Carrick and Daniel Sullivan, the plaintiff, are…