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Attorney General Subject to Suit
Loaded on March 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1995, page 6
Attorney General Wendy Ritz ordered the court reporter not to prepare the transcript, despite the court order to the contrary, because she thought the petition would be dismissed on procedural grounds. The state court called the AGs conduct "outrageous" and ordered the attorney generals office to cease and desist from …
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Civil Procedure,
Transcripts,
Qualified Immunity,
Prosecutorial Immunity.
Location:
Colorado.
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