BLEDSOE v. VANDERBILT

No. 17-3191.

934 F.3d 1112 (2019)

Floyd S. BLEDSOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jim VANDERBILT, Defendant-Appellant, and Jefferson County, Kansas; Randy Carreno; Troy Frost; Orin Turner; Robert Poppa; Roy Dunnaway; George Johnson; Jim Woods; Terry Morgan; Michael Hayes; Jeffrey Herrig; Unknown Officers of The Jefferson County Police Department; Unknown Officers of The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED August 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patric S. Linden ( Kevin D. Case with him on the briefs), Case Linden P.C., Kansas City, Missouri, for Defendant-Appellant.

Russell Ainsworth ( Elizabeth Wang on the brief), Loevy & Loevy, Boulder, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before McHUGH, MURPHY, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


We consider whether a prosecutor enjoys absolute immunity from suit for fabricating evidence against an individual during the preliminary investigation of a crime. Because Supreme Court precedent dictates that he does not, Buckley v. Fitzsimmons (Buckley I), 509 U.S. 259

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