KASSA v. FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA

No. 20-12281.

40 F.4th 1289 (2022)

Kidanemariam KASSA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants, Antionette Stephenson, individually, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: July 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Filipovits , Wingo Fowler Smith, III , Spears & Filipovits, LLC, Decatur, GA, Tiffany Darcel Williams Roberts , Law Office of Tiffany W. Roberts, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Blaylock , Dominique Annida Martinez , Ashley Jenell Moore Palmer , Steven Rosenberg , Kaye Woodard Burwell , Emilie O. Denmark , Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Jill Pryor, Grant, and Marcus, Circuit Judges.


This appeal requires us to decide whether absolute prosecutorial immunity protects an assistant district attorney from suit for failing to ensure the cancellation or recall of a material witness warrant.1 In this case, an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, Antionette Stephenson...

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