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PRINCE v. HICKS

No. 98-5782.

198 F.3d 607 (1999)

Sharon A. PRINCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jan HICKS, individually and in her official capacity as Assistant District Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant, James Hazelhurst, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Alliman (argued and briefed), White, Carson, & Alliman, Madisonville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Heather C. Ross (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Before: KEITH, DAUGHTREY, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Sharon Prince brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Jan Hicks and others for alleged violations of her rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Prince was arrested and detained for allegedly kidnaping her infant grandson. Hicks, a state prosecutor, filed a motion to dismiss Prince's § 1983 suit for failure to state a claim, asserting absolute immunity. The district court divided...

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