OLIVA v. HELLER

No. 724, Docket 87-2399.

839 F.2d 37 (1988)

Vincent OLIVA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kirby HELLER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Oliva, plaintiff-appellant pro se.

Ellen B. Silverman, Asst. U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., Fredrick M. Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, WINTER and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question of whether the absolute immunity enjoyed by judges in the exercise of their judicial authority extends to the actions of law clerks who assist judges in carrying out judicial functions. We hold that it does, and so affirm the district court.

FACTS

In 1982, plaintiff Vincent Oliva was convicted in the Eastern District of New York of conspiring to rob a bank and entering a bank with intent to commit...

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