GOLDSTEIN v. VAN DE KAMP
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in GOLDSTEIN v. VAN DE KAMP, No. 06-55537, a civil rights appeal. The panel consisted of Stephen Reinhardt and Robert R. Beezer, Circuit Judges, and Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge.
HENDERSON, District Judge:
In this case, we are asked to determine whether an elected district attorney and his chief deputy are entitled to absolute immunity from suit based on allegations that they failed to develop policies and procedures, and failed to adequately train and supervise their subordinates, to fulfill their constitutional obligation of ensuring that information regarding jailhouse informants was shared among prosecutors in their . . .