Motz, in his decision, said, “The claims raised by the plaintiffs are barred by the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity.”
The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1976 that a state prosecuting attorney who acted within the scope of his duties in initiating, pursuing a criminal prosecution and presenting a case, is absolutely immune from civil damages.
The plaintiffs, former Police Chief Kelvin Sewell as well as former officers Lynell Green and Franklin Savage, alleged that Oglesby had acted outside of his duties when he read aloud, among colleagues, letters composed by a suspect during a meeting held in April 2014. The letters contained multiple instances of the word “nigga.”
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If Judge Motz say it then you can take it to the bank. If Oglesby had not read the letter verbatim then the plaintiffs would have had grounds to appeal. What a waste of the State's time and money by Sewell and his bunch of fools.
Former Pocomoke employees are the racist ones and they lost their suit, thank God.
I worked with beau in a LE capacity many years while he was in wicomico county, and never found him to be anything other than a great person. Its a shame that these other Leo's are clutching at straws to save their jobs while dragging beau's good name through the mud.
I am so glad this reached the main stream media in enough time to give Pocomoke a black eye before, yet do any of the major news outlets follow up on the outcome?????? Not a chance.
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