With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". allegedly false statements to the press because statements to the media “have no functional tie to the judicial process.” Id. at -, 113 mation that is subject to disclosure under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), is advocatory. In Imbler, the prosecutor was alleged to have knowingly used false testimony and suppressed material exculpatory evidence at trial. The Court upheld the lower courts’ rulings that the prosecutor was absolutely immune from potential liability for the alleged misconduct. As other courts have recognized, it follows from Imbler that the failure, be it knowing or inadvertent, to disclose material exculpatory evidence before trial also' falls within the protection afforded by absolute prosecutorial immunity. See Hill, 45 F.3d at 662 (<HOLDING>); Carter v. Burch, 34 F.3d 257, 262 (4th

A: recognizing the availability of summary judgment based on absolute prosecutorial immunity
B: holding that absolute prosecutorial immunity extends to civil forfeiture proceedings
C: holding failure to turn over brady material after prosecutorial phase of case had begun was covered by absolute prosecutorial immunity
D: holding that the considerations underlying absolute prosecutorial immunity at common law dictate the same absolute immunity under  1983
C.