LOWE, District Judge.
The question in this case is whether a judicial law clerk, who performs tasks within the scope of her employment, is protected by the same absolute immunity that has long enabled judges to make principled and independent decisions without fear of consequences.
FACTS
In 1982, plaintiff Vincent Oliva ("Oliva") was convicted after a jury trial for conspiring to rob a bank and entering a bank with intent to commit larceny. Following...
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