Legal Opinion
Dominick Mancini v. Sherwin Lester and David Lucas
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 18, 1980No. 79-2218PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This pro se civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, presents the difficult question of when a prosecutor is entitled to the defense of absolute immunity.
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Plaintiff, Dominick Mancini, was formerly employed as a lieutenant detective in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office. Named as defendants in the complaint filed on September 26, 1978 were Sherwin Lester, Bergen County Prosecutor, and Deputy Attorney General David Lucas. Mancini specifically asserted that “each and all of the acts of the defendants were done by them, not as individuals, but under the…
3Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jacobson v. RoseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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4Cited by77 opinions
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