Government
Oct. 23, 2009
Ashcroft Asks Again for Immunity
The former U.S. attorney general asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its September decision allowing a lawsuit against him to proceed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Citing three alleged legal errors, former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its September decision allowing a lawsuit against him to proceed.
A circuit panel voted 2-1 Sept. 4 to strip Ashcroft of his prosecutorial immunity and green light a civil rights lawsuit by an American convert to Islam who claims he was w...
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