SPURLOCK v. THOMPSON

No. 01-6356.

330 F.3d 791 (2003)

Robert SPURLOCK; Ronnie Marshall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tommy P. THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed May 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly J. Dean (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Appellant.

Rick Halprin (argued and briefed), Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Meredith DeVault (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Appellant.

Before: NELSON and COLE, Circuit Judges, ROSEN, District Judge.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a persistent and pervasive conspiracy among law enforcement personnel and prosecutors to convict Plaintiffs-Appellees, Robert Spurlock and Ronnie Marshall, of murder upon the false testimony of Henry Apple and others. Defendant-Appellant Tommy P. Thompson, a state prosecutor, appeals the district court's denial of his motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' civil rights complaint on absolute immunity grounds. For...

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