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ZAHREY v. COFFEY

Docket No. 99-9119.

221 F.3d 342 (2000)

Zaher ZAHREY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martin E. COFFEY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 20, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel B. Rudin, New York, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Martin J. Siegel, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y. (Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., Jeffrey Oestericher, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

(Joshua L. Dratel, New York, N.Y., Marshall A. Mintz, New York, N.Y., submitted a brief for amici curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.)

Before: NEWMAN, KEARSE, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the qualified immunity defense of a prosecutor accused of fabricating false evidence against a defendant. Zaher Zahrey appeals from the September 2, 1999, judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Loretta A. Preska, District Judge), dismissing on the ground of qualified immunity Zahrey's claims against Assistant United States Attorney Martin E. Coffey. Coffey concedes, only...

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