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Parties Involved:
Leonard L. Montoya
Appellant
Sammy L. Pacheco
Appellee

Document Text:

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United Scatn Coore of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

APR • 5 1990 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk LEONARD L. MONTOYA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

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SAMMY L. PACHECO, 

Defendant-Appellee. 

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No. 89-2196 

(D.C. No. 89-851-JB) 

(District of New Mexico) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, ANDERSON, and TACHA, 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. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiff brought this 42 u.s.c. § 1983 action against the 

defendant who was a New Mexico public prosecutor whose subordinate 

successfully prosecuted plaintiff. The trial court dismissed sua 

sponte pursuant to 28 u.s.c. § 1915(d). 

* 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. 

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Liberally construed, the most that plaintiff has alleged is 

that defendant had a conflict of interest but nonetheless directly 

or indirectly participated in the prosecution of plaintiff. Such 

alleged conduct, even if true, was necessarily in defendant's 

prosecutorial capacity. In that capacity defendant is absolutely 

immune. Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976). 

We AFFIRM the dismissal of this action. The mandate shall 

issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

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