‘Absolute Immunity’ Even Shields Placement On Brady List For Political Reasons

A group of nine Pierce County, Washington, Sheriff’s Department law enforcement officers who were assigned to the Department’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) sued Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys James Schacht and Fred Wist, former Sheriff Paul Pastor, Acting Sheriff Brent Bom­kamp, and Pierce County, claiming that they were wrongly placed on the local Brady list by Schacht…

Prosecutor Shielded From Officers’ Suit By Qualified Immunity

Lieutenant Pat Stockdale of the Fairview, Tennessee Police Department became concerned about the department’s relationship with two security firms and suspected that some officers had falsified documents to obtain secondary employment at the firms. He told Kim Helper, the district attorney for Williamson County, that the wrongdoing had “reached a whole new level” and asked…