Lewis v. Mills

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action alleging that defendants conspired to retaliate against plaintiff for his cooperation with FBI in its investigation of defendant-assistant state's attorney when defendants prosecuted plaintiff on charges of official misconduct and criminal sexual abuse. Defendant-assistant state's attorney was entitled to absolute immunity for prosecuting plaintiff on said charges, and plaintiff failed to demonstrate either that assistant state's attorney deviated from his prosecutorial function, or that instant assistant state's attorney played any role in local Sheriff's investigation of plaintiff that was initiated after several women complained that they were sexually abused by plaintiff while he was on duty as police officer. Moreover, plaintiff failed to factually link any remaining defendants to any conspiracy to frame plaintiff.