Roberto Gonzalez and Gloria Holland v. Nicholas Kokot and Deverick Dixon

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• upholding release-dismissal agreement that released state actors “from any and all claims . . . of any kind or nature whatsoever” (quotation marks omitted)
• finding agreement to dismiss criminal charges in exchange for release of civil claims to be a valid con- tract supported by consideration
• finding no prosecutorial misconduct where prosecutor testified at his deposition that he entered into a release-dismissal agreement to avoid a costly and lengthy trial over minor criminal charges
• applying Indiana contract law, observing that consideration need not be monetary and that the dismissal of criminal charges is of some value, and finding that the releases of any claims were supported by consideration
• agreeing with the Sixth Circuit approach

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