Waggy v. SPOKANE COUNTY WASHINGTON

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• noting that a plaintiff must allege and prove an express policy exists 4 to challenge an express municipal policy or custom
• noting that a plaintiff must allege and 19 prove an express policy exists to challenge an express municipal policy or custom
• concluding prosecutor acted “as a judicial advocate before the court” when she submitted “a motion for a bench warrant to the court applying the law to facts alleged in supporting affidavits signed by witnesses” and was entitled to absolute immunity
• affirming summary judgment for county where plaintiff failed to provide any evidence of county policy, practice or custom, or of inadequate training and supervision that caused the alleged constitutional injury
• affirming dismissal of failure-to-train claim 19 where plaintiff failed to allege facts indicating what training practices the county 20 employed and what constitutionally mandated training was lacking
• “[A] prosecutor sheds absolute immunity when she acts as a ‘complaining 12 witness’ by certifying that the facts alleged within an affidavit are true.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).