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Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 07-854
Prior Decision
Decision below 481 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2007)
Argument(s)
An office-wide practice of not vetting false jailhouse informant testimony was an administrative decision sufficiently attenuated from line prosecutors’ litigation duties to preclude absolute immunity from civil suit.
Author(s)
M. Allen Hopper, et al., American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA.