CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: The issue in this § 1983 civil rights litigation concerns the precise scope of a local district attorney’s immunity from suit. Because a public prosecutor cannot zealously perform the prosecutorial duties of the office if compelled to work under the constant threat of legal reprisals, such official is shielded from liability for civil wrongs by the doctrine of absolute immunity. When this doctrine,…
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