Ronald Olson v. Champaign County, Illinois

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• noting that because Illinois law requires the county to indemnify Sheriffs and their deputies for damages for torts committed in the scope of their employment, the County is a necessary party to a suit against a Sheriff under federal law
• taking judicial notice of criminal-charging documents submit- ted as exhibits to a defendant’s motion to dismiss
• no immunity for Illinois prosecutor swearing to allegedly false information to obtain arrest warrant
• the county is a necessary party to a federal suit only “as long as [the sheriff] remains party’
• “Officers do not act reasonably if they intentionally or recklessly provide false information to obtain a warrant.”
• neither police officer nor prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity for swearing to false information

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).