Does the District Attorney have absolute prosecutorial immunity when acting within her duties as a prosecutor?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Parker v. Dist. Attorney's Office of Sacramento Ca, No. 2:16-cv-2140 TLN AC (PS) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
In addition, the District Attorney is entitled to absolute prosecutorial immunity when acting within the scope of her duties as a prosecutor. Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976). Nothing in the complaint indicates that any of the District Attorney's alleged conduct was outside of her prosecutorial duties.
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