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TANNER v. CITY OF FEDERAL WAY

No. 44245-7-I.

997 P.2d 932 (2000)

100 Wash.App. 1

Gary TANNER, Jr., Appellant, v. CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, a municipal corporation, and Paul Wohl, City Prosecutor, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered February 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen D. Ramey, Atty. At Law, Seattle, WA, for appellants.

Carin A. Wilson, Seattle, WA, for respondents.

BECKER, J.

A juvenile defendant was detained in jail for four days after he failed to appear for trial. The prosecutor had mistakenly filed the criminal complaint against him in adult court. He sued the prosecutor and the City, relying on Kalina v. Fletcher, 522 U.S. 118, 118 S.Ct. 502, 507, 139 L.Ed.2d 471 (1997) for the proposition that the prosecutor's conduct amounted to that of...

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