Opinion ID: 6967951
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Heading: ’ Forman

Text: The district court also properly dismissed the claims against Forman. The only direct role Forman is alleged to have played was her threat to initiate proceedings to revoke Scotto’s parole unless he agreed to dismiss the state court action against Barbara Mei, O’Rorke, and Skadden Arps. In Schloss v. Bouse, 876 F.2d 287, 289 (2d Cir.1989), we held that a municipal prosecutor was absolutely immune for his decision to forgo prosecution of the plaintiff in exchange for the plaintiffs -promise to release certain claims against the municipality and its police officers. We concluded that since a prosecutor possesses absolute immunity for his decision to prosecute, “as a matter of logic, absolute immunity must also protect the prosecutor from damages suits based on his decision not to prosecute.” Id. at 290. Because the prosecutor’s threat to prosecute was “interdependent” with his demand for releases, we found that the prosecutor was entitled to absolute immunity for his conditional decision not to prosecute. Id. at 291. Unlike Almenas, but like Wegman, For-man had the authority to initiate or not to initiate parole revocation proceedings against Seotto. Therefore, Forman’s threat to initiate such proceedings, an act for which she is absolutely immune, was “interdependent” with her demand that Seotto dismiss the state court action. Id. Forman is thus entitled to absolute immunity.