Is there absolute immunity for a police officer who conspired to fabricate and forward to prosecutors a known false confession?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Victory v. Pataki, 13-3592-cv (2nd Cir. 2015):
130 (2d Cir. 1997) (no absolute immunity for police officer who conspired to fabricate and forward to prosecutors a known false confession); see also Coggins v. Buonora, 776 F.3d 108, 113 (2d Cir. 2015) (police officer who perjured himself before grand jury not entitled to absolute immunity for lying to the district attorney and knowingly falsifying and omitting material facts from police reports).
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