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MORRISON v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE

No. 84-3565 Summary Calendar.

761 F.2d 242 (1985)

Mrs. Susie Lite MORRISON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Pitre, Marion Overton White, Opelousas, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mary H. Thompson, Baton Rouge, La., for Ossie Brown.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents the question whether a state prosecutor may be liable for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for maliciously presenting evidence to a grand jury in a manner calculated to clear a suspect of wrongdoing. We conclude that in such circumstances a prosecutor is absolutely immune from liability for damages.

I.

On March 11, 1978, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reported to the police department that his home had been...

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