ESTEVES v. BROCK

No. 95-20232.

106 F.3d 674 (1997)

Eric Victor ESTEVES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leslie BROCK; Harris County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Victor Esteves, Lovelady, TX, pro se.

William James Delmore, III, Office of the Harris County District Attorney, Houston, TX, for Leslie Brock, defendant-appellee.

Bruce S. Powers, Office of the County Attorney for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, for Harris County, defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and REYNALDO G. GARZA and JONES, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Eric Victor Esteves appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking damages against Harris County and assistant district attorney Leslie Brock for her use of peremptory challenges to exclude three African Americans from the jury in his criminal trial. Concluding that Brock has absolute prosecutorial immunity from personal liability and that prosecutorial actions taken by district attorneys on behalf of the State of Texas cannot...

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