Attorney Discipline: Difference between revisions
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Macon v. Lynch (C.D. Cal, Sept. 8, 2022 NO. 21-cv-06857-JAK-KES) 2022 WL 16541872 | Macon v. Lynch (C.D. Cal, Sept. 8, 2022 NO. 21-cv-06857-JAK-KES) 2022 WL 16541872 | ||
''People v. Medler'' (1986) 177 Cal.App.3d 927 | |||
==Prosecutor immunity== | ==Prosecutor immunity== | ||
Prosecutors are protected by immunity from claims that rely upon decisions made and actions taken by the attorneys within the scope of their roles as advocates. Kalina v. Fletcher, 522 U.S. 118, 125-26, 130-31, 118 S.Ct. 502, 139 L.Ed.2d 471 (1997); Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 430-31, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). | Prosecutors are protected by immunity from claims that rely upon decisions made and actions taken by the attorneys within the scope of their roles as advocates. Kalina v. Fletcher, 522 U.S. 118, 125-26, 130-31, 118 S.Ct. 502, 139 L.Ed.2d 471 (1997); Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 430-31, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). | ||
Revision as of 00:08, 26 August 2024
Practice of law while suspended
People v. Vigil (2008) 169 Cal.App.8
In re Johnson (1992) 1 Cal.4th 689. “representation by an attorney who has submitted a resignation with disciplinary proceedings pending, and has as a result been placed on inactive status, denies a criminal defendant the counsel guaranteed by article I, section 15 of the California Constitution”;
People v. Ngo (1996) 14 Cal.4.th 30
People v. Anderson (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 1411
People v. Shea (July 31, 2009, No. A121745)
Macon v. Lynch (C.D. Cal, Sept. 8, 2022 NO. 21-cv-06857-JAK-KES) 2022 WL 16541872
People v. Medler (1986) 177 Cal.App.3d 927
Prosecutor immunity
Prosecutors are protected by immunity from claims that rely upon decisions made and actions taken by the attorneys within the scope of their roles as advocates. Kalina v. Fletcher, 522 U.S. 118, 125-26, 130-31, 118 S.Ct. 502, 139 L.Ed.2d 471 (1997); Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 430-31, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976).