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GOLDSTEIN v. MOATZ

No. 03-1257.

364 F.3d 205 (2004)

Richard W. GOLDSTEIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry I. MOATZ, Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline; Lawrence Anderson; James E. Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO; James A. Toupin; David M. Purol, USPTO, Patent Examiner; John Does 1-5; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Adam Augustine Carter, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Richard Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS joined. Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

Richard W. Goldstein, a patent lawyer, appeals an award of absolute immunity accorded certain officials of the Patent and Trademark Office for their conduct in an attorney disciplinary investigation. Goldstein also appeals the denial of...

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