George Freeman, Individually and on Behalf of the Sanctuary, a Universal Life Church Monastery v. Leroy Hittle, I.H. Redersen, Kazuo Watanbe

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708 F.2d 442·1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 26816
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 13, 198382-3383California411 words

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George Freeman, individually and on behalf of The Sanctuary, a Universal Life Church Monastery, appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights action. Freeman alleged that the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s office deprived him of property without due process in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 ,1985 and 1986, and interfered with his contractual relationship with his landlord. We affirm.

The district court correctly found that all four defendants were absolutely immune from suit. Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 , 96 S.Ct. 984 , 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). Defendants’ motion for summary judgment was properly granted.

The complaint named as defendants the King County Prosecuting Attorney (Mal-eng), two Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys (Redkey, Evans), and an investigator for the Fraud Division of the Prosecuting Attorney’s office (Colwell). The complaint alleged that Colwell, acting under the authority of the Maleng’s office, told the plaintiff’s landlord that he was not getting as much rent from plaintiff’s lease as he could get from someone else.

Freeman claims that the purpose of the statement was to cause the landlord to terminate The Sanctuary’s lease, thereby depriving it of…

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