GUST

v.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

Citator

Cited By (63 total)

• Briscoe v. LaHUE, 460 U.S. 325 (U.S. 1983)
  …istant U. S. Attorney; action under § 1983 and the Fifth Amendment). But see Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U. S. App. D. C. 179, 569 F. 2d 10 (1977) (dicta rejecting absolute immunity for government [*329] official witness; Bivens action), cert. denied, 437 U. S. 904 (1978); Hilliard v. Williams, 516 F. 2d 1344, 1350 (CA6 1975) (rejecting absolute immunity for agent of state bureau of investigation; § 1983 action), cert. denied sub nom. Clark v. Hilliard, 423 U. S. 1066 (1976). The petition for writ of certiora…
• Iberia Hampton v. Hanrahan, 600 F.2d 600 (7th Cir. 1979)
  …mbler held only that a prosecutor has absolute immunity “in initiating a prosecution and in presenting the State’s case.” Imbler, supra 424 U.S. at 431, 96 S.Ct. at 995. See Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179, 569 F. 2d 10 (1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904, 98 S.Ct. 3089, 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978) (prosecutor’s immunity limited to his “advocacy” functions). The Court left standing circuit decisions which, by focusing on “the functional nature of the activities” rather than the “status” of the prosecutor,…
• Stafford v. Briggs, 444 U.S. 527 (U.S. 1980)
  …in making the transfer request. He also moved for dismissal on grounds of prosecutorial immunity. This motion was denied. See Briggs v. Goodwin, 384 F. Supp. 1228 (DC 1974), [*532] aff’d, 186 U. S. App. D. C. 179, 569 F. 2d 10 (1977), cert. denied, 437 U. S. 904 (1978). See Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities, Final Report, S. Rep. No. 94-755, Book 3, pp. 559-677 (1976). The court concluded that because 28 U. S. C. § 1391 (e) was drafted in the…