Gray, William v. Poole, Theisha

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that suits are prohibited act within the scope of official duties, “even if the official is alleged to have acted in bad faith”
• holding that District of Columbia attorneys are shielded by absolute immunity from liability in “initiating a prosecution” and ”presenting the State’s case” (citation omitted)
• noting that in so holding, the D.C. Circuit had joined with every Circuit to have addressed the issue
• extending absolute immunity to a government attorney for initiating a civil child neglect action
• attorneys from District of Columbia corporation counsel’s office enjoy absolute immunity from liability for conduct in initiating and prosecuting child neglect action
• “there is ‘a serious danger that ... [a]n individual targeted by an administrative proceeding will react angrily and may seek vengeance in the courts’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).