Opinion ID: 792927
Heading Depth: 6
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Affidavit as Testimony

Text: 39 This Court agrees with Defendant that testimony presented in the form of an affidavit may be protected under absolute witness immunity. See Cruz v. Kauai County, 279 F.3d 1064, 1068 (9th Cir.2002) (It is also true that, in this circuit, a person who functions as a witness in an adversarial proceeding to revoke a defendant's bail is to be accorded absolute immunity for her testimony, even if the witness's testimony is provided by way of affidavit. (citation omitted) (emphasis removed)); Thomason v. SCAN Volunteer Servs., Inc., 85 F.3d 1365, 1373 (8th Cir.1996) (To the extent Wordlaw and SCAN are sued because Wordlaw made arguably false statements in her affidavit in her role as a witness before the state court, the doctrine of absolute witness immunity applies.); Giffin v. Summerlin, 78 F.3d 1227, 1231 (7th Cir.1996) (The policy considerations underlying witness immunity for testimony in open court apply with equal force to other forms of testimony such as depositions and affidavits. (citations omitted)). We find that the form of the witness testimony should not affect the status of the immunity attached thereto. 40