JOHNSON v. REX

No. 84-1990.

474 U.S. 967 (1985)

JOHNSON v. REX.

Supreme Court of United States.

November 4, 1985.


Certiorari denied.

CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER, with whom JUSTICE REHNQUIST and JUSTICE O'CONNOR join, dissenting.

In this case the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that a prosecutor is not entitled to absolute immunity from liability in a civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based upon the prosecutor's presence during questioning of the plaintiff. Absolute immunity was denied even though the prosecutor was present not as...

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