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ECHOLS v. LAWTON

No. 17-13843.

913 F.3d 1313 (2019)

Douglas ECHOLS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Spencer LAWTON, in his individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 25, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Middleton, Jr. , The Middleton Firm, LLC, SAVANNAH, GA, Robert S. Peck , Center for Constitutional Litigation, PC, NEW YORK, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kelly Elizabeth Campanella , Christopher Michael Carr , Roger A. Chalmers , Devon Orland , Tina Michelle Piper , Holly Loy Smith , Ronald Joseph Stay , Attorney General's Office, ATLANTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, WILLIAM PRYOR, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a district attorney enjoys qualified immunity from a complaint that he defamed a former prisoner in retaliation for seeking legislative compensation for his wrongful convictions. After Douglas Echols served seven years of imprisonment for kidnapping and rape, a test revealed...

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