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County Prosecutors Acting Outside Their Authority Lose Absolute Immunity

In this somewhat confusing opinion, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
held that county prosecutors, defendants in a civil, rights lawsuit brought
by two men who were falsely arrested, were not entitled to absolute
immunity on numerous claims, including a claim that they illegally punished
the two men during ...

 

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