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SOUZA v. PINA

No. 94-2079.

53 F.3d 423 (1995)

Diane SOUZA, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Ronald PINA, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Meade, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Scott Harshbarger, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for appellants.

Kenneth C. Ponte, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 proceeding, defendants-appellants, the former district attorney for Bristol County, Massachusetts, and three members of his staff (collectively, "appellants"), appeal from a denial of their motion to dismiss on grounds of qualified immunity. We now reverse.

I.

A. Standard of Review

We review a motion to dismiss de novo. See, e.g., Armstrong v. Jefferson Smurfit Corp.,...

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