The following excerpt is from Rhodes v. Cnty. of Madera, Case No. 1:16-cv-01631-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2017):
(emphasis in original; citations omitted.) The classification of the challenged acts, not the motivation underlying them, determines whether absolute immunity applies. Ashelman v. Pope, 793 F.2d 1072 (9th Cir. 1986) (en banc).
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