Lynn Lerwill and Penny Lerwill v. Gary James Joslin

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• holding part-time city attorney absolutely immune from § 1983 suit based on attorney filing criminal charges against plaintiffs, even though the prosecution was initiated under statute that attorney was not authorized to invoke
• advocating bail is part of presentation of a prosecution under Imbler
• city prosecutor initiated prosecution based on state felony statute, which he had no authority to enforce
• city attorney initiated a prosecution for violations of state law he was not authorized to invoke; procured an arrest warrant from a justice of the peace who did not follow required state procedure in issuing the warrant, and advocated' excessive bail before a magistrate

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