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HOLT v. CASTANEDA

No. 87-5621.

832 F.2d 123 (1987)

Chauncey Marvin HOLT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard Modesto CASTANEDA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey Marvin Holt, pro se.

Bernard Richard Deetman, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellee Richard Modesto Castaneda.

Before GOODWIN, ALARCON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

The question presented in this case is whether a police officer who gives perjurious testimony during adversarial pretrial proceedings in a criminal matter is entitled to absolute witness immunity from liability for damages flowing from his testimony. Our reading of Briscoe v. LaHue, 460 U.S. 325, 103 S.Ct. 1108, 75 L.Ed.2d 96 (1983) compels us to conclude that...

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