SHEEHAN v. COLANGELO

Civ. No. 3:98CV632(WWE).

27 F.Supp.2d 344 (1998)

Sheryl SHEEHAN v. Richard COLANGELO and Monica Billingslea.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

October 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Pattis, Williams, Polan & Pattis, New Haven, CT, for Sheryl Sheehan.

Robert Bishop Fiske, III, Attorney General's Office, Public Safety & Special Revenue, Hartford, CT, for Richard Colangelo.

M. Jeffry Spahr, Corporation Counsel's Office, Norwalk, CT, for Monica Billingslea.


RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

EGINTON, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Colangelo's motion to dismiss will be granted on the basis of absolute prosecutorial immunity. A state prosecutor who acts within the scope of his duties in initiating and pursuing a criminal prosecution is not subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 427,...

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