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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TEN'l'II CIRCUIT 

GEORGE E. CHATFIELD, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

FI LED 

United Statt'6 Court of Appeals 

Tenth Cb:uit 

JUN 131991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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v. ) 

) 

JOSEPH P. LEWIS; NOLAN L. ) 

BROWN; TELFER WOODHOUSE NORMAN; ) 

SUSAN ROBERTS; DAN B. FAHRNEY; ) 

JANISE. CHAPMAN; STEVEN HENRY ) 

DEVITO; THOMAS VAN CLEAVE, III; ) 

PETER SHILO; LAURIN A. GARNER; ) 

No. 90-1381 

(D.C. No. 90-Z-735) 

(D. Colorado) 

-MICHAEL C. VILLANO, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JODGIIEN'l'* 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

*This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

Appellate Case: 90-1381 Document: 010110119448 Date Filed: 06/13/1991 Page: 1 
34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Mr. Chatfield appeals from the district court's dismissal 

with prejudice of his 42 U.S.C § 1983 civil rights complaint. Mr. 

Chatfield alleges that the trial judge and the district attorney 

involved in his conviction conspired to enslave him in violation 

of the Thirteenth Amendment and to deny him due process in 

violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

Mr. Chatfield's suit is frivolous. The trial judge and 

district attorney are absolutely immune from civil suit when 

acting in their official capacities. Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 

349, 356 (1978); Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 430-31 (1976). 

He has advanced no facts nor plausible arguments to demonstrate 

that either of the defendants were acting outside of their 

official capacity or in the clear absence of all jurisdiction. 

AFFIRMED. 

Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

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