Thomas James Hand v. Stuart Gary, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Deputy Sheriff

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• explaining that the independent intermediary doctrine insulates even officers who act with malice
• “Any misdirection of the magistrate or the grand jury by omission or commission perpetuates the taint of the original official behavior.”
• \An independent intermediary breaks the chain of causation unless it can be shown that the deliberations of that intermediary were in some way tainted by the actions of the defendant.\
• “[E]ven an officer who acted with malice . . . will not be liable if the facts supporting the warrant or indictment are put before an impartial intermediary such as a magistrate or a grand jury . . . .” (quoting Smith v. Gonzales, 670 F.2d 522, 526 (5th Cir. 1982)

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