Does the "independent judgment" by a prosecutor to pursue a case against a plaintiff break the chain of causation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dufort v. City of N.Y., No. 16-1715-cv (2nd Cir. 2017):
independent judgment" by a prosecutor to pursue the case usually breaks the "chain of causation" unless the plaintiff can produce evidence that the prosecutor was "misled or pressured" by the police. Townes v. City of New York, 176 F.3d 138, 147 (2d Cir. 1999).
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