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Government

Feb. 5, 2011

California Lawyers Line Up Behind Detainee

A group of former federal prosecutors from California tell the U.S. Supreme Court that former Attorney General John D. Ashcroft shouldn't be immune to liability for allegedly detaining a U.S. citizen under a false pretext.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - A group of former federal prosecutors, including more than a dozen from California, have thrown their support behind a Nevada man who has seen his civil lawsuit against former U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft reach the U.S. Supreme Court.


The former prosecutors argue in an amicus brief filed at the court last Friday that Ashcroft misused the material-witness statute to improperly...

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