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WILLIAMS v. HEPTING

No. 87-3333.

844 F.2d 138 (1988)

Ronald A. WILLIAMS, P-8467, Appellant, v. David A. HEPTING, Assistant District Attorney; Chief Scarfo; Lt. J.F. Widdowson; Cpl. Schueler; Officer Lewis; Officer Hartman; Robert F. Stewart; Gary Archer; Paul Bowser, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1988.

As Amended May 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Schwab, Pamela J. Grimm, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Thomas J. Madigan, Tighe, Evan and Ehrman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Chief Scarfo, Lt. J.F. Widdowson, Cpl. Schueler, Officer Lewis & Officer Hartman.

Frank P. Krizner, Co. Sol., Robert F. Hawk, Butler, Pa., for David A. Hepting, Robert A. Stewart, Gary Archer and Paul Bowser, Jr.

Before WEIS, GREENBERG and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) March 9, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from the dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by a prisoner, the major question for decision is whether a witness who testifies at a preliminary hearing is entitled to absolute immunity from a subsequent civil rights suit for damages based on allegedly perjured testimony given at those proceedings. We must also decide whether the...

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