Legal Opinion
Donovan v. Fowle
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 20, 2011No. 1:09-cv-00328PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
The Court affirms the Magistrate Judge’s Recommended Decision and concludes that the Plaintiffs lawsuit against his former prosecutors is barred by the doctrine of prosecutorial immunity.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. Procedural History
On July 28, 2009, Daniel J. Donovan filed a civil rights complaint against Evert Fowle, the District Attorney for Kennebec County, Alan Kelley, an Assistant District Attorney, and Paul Rucha, another Assistant District Attorney (collectively State Defendants). 1 Compl.…
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