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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Federal judge throws out lawsuit filed against US attorney"
No surprises here. A brief story today in the NWI Times reports:
HAMMOND | A man who tried to sue the assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted him for selling a handgun to a felon on school property has had his civil lawsuit thrown out of court.Dwayne Haskins, of Gary, tried to sue federal prosecutor Dean Lanter for showing jurors an edited video of Haskins confessing to federal agents that he had sold a handgun to the felon while working as a school security supervisor.
Haskins claimed the edited portions of the tape would have supported his side of the story, and now says he never knew the gun buyer was a felon.
U.S. District Judge Rudy Lozano threw the civil lawsuit out of court, noting that prosecutors have an absolute right of immunity for actions taken while performing functions as government advocates, such as prosecuting criminals.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 14, 2008 09:30 AM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions