Legal Opinion
Gagan v. Norton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1994No. 94-1132PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Gagan, a pro se litigant, appeals the decision of the district court dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against the defendants, who are the Attorney General and an Assistant Attorney General of the State of Colorado, on the grounds that the defendants were entitled to absolute immunity for their actions in allegedly1 countermanding the order of a Colorado state court. We affirm with respect to the Attorney General, albeit for different reasons than those given by the district court, but we reverse and remand as to the Assistant Attorney General.
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