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LISA PRICE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nickie Miller,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 21-6076
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Lexington.
No. 5:18-cv-00619—Danny C. Reeves, Chief District Judge.
Argued: October 27, 2022
Decided and Filed: July 5, 2023
Before: SILER, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Paul Brewer was found blindfolded and tied to his bed with two bullet holes in him. Brewer’s death went unexplained for years, until Natasha Martin confessed to being part of a scheme to rob Brewer in his home. According to Martin, Nickie Miller and others killed Brewer after Martin left the scene. But Martin would later recant and re-confess, and would do so more than once. Despite the back and forth, Miller was arrested and charged with murder based primarily on Martin’s confession.

Miller believed that Martin’s shifting story was the product of official misconduct. So he brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the prosecutor, polygrapher, and investigating officers, as well as Montgomery County. While couched under the umbrella of numerous causes of action, the crux of Miller’s argument is that he was illegally detained without nonfabricated probable cause. The district court granted a mix of absolute and qualified immunity to defendants. We agree and affirm.