IRELAND v. TUNIS

Nos. 95-2244, 95-2333.

113 F.3d 1435 (1997)

Billie M. IRELAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary L. TUNIS, Richard Thompson, John Meiers, and Richard D. Kuhn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1997.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank D. Eaman (argued and briefed), Bellance, Beattie, Harper Woods, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert G. Kamenec (briefed), Jeffrey C. Gerish (argued), Plunkett & Cooney, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees Gary L. Tunis, Richard Thompson, John Meiers.

Craig M. Weber (argued), George A. Googasian (briefed), The Googasian Firm, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Defendant-Appellee Richard Kuhn.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; NORRIS and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal addresses the precise scope of immunity from civil suit afforded to a state court judge, county prosecutors, and an investigator employed by the prosecutor's office for their roles in seeking and issuing an arrest warrant. Plaintiff-Appellant Billie M. Ireland, Mayor of the City of Rochester Hills, Michigan, sued defendants, an Oakland County Circuit Court Judge, two Oakland County prosecutors, and a criminal investigator...

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