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· 6/22/2015

Amanda Culbertson v. Pat Lykos

Citations

  • 790 F.3d 608
  • 40 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 347
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10454
  • 2015 WL 3875815

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  • holding that assistant district attorney enjoyed qualified immunity from Section 1983 claims at the pleadings stage
  • holding that the plaintiffs failed to allege a “widespread practice” of retaliation because they “offered no evidence that similar retaliation had victimized others.”
  • holding that the plaintiffs failed to allege a “widespread practice” of retaliation because they “offered no evidence that similar retaliation had victimized others.”
  • observing that a district attorney \arguably\ was a final policymaker in the specific area of determining what witnesses to use in prosecutions, though not deciding the issue
  • finding that plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to allow their challenge to the loss of their jobs to proceed on a ratification theory
  • holding allegations “limited to the events surrounding the plaintiffs” are insufficient to es- tablish a widespread practice or custom

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Judges: Reavley, Elrod, Southwick

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