EVANS et al v. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF et al

Filing 112

Second Supplemental Memorandum by Defendant MICHAEL B. NIFONG. (CRAVEN, JAMES) (Additional attachment(s) added on 11/18/2009: # 1 Attachment) (Lee, Lisa).

EVANS et al v. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF et al

Doc. 112

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA DAVID F. EVANS, ET AL., Plaintiffs vs. THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, ET AL., Defendants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 1:07 CV 739 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM ON BEHALF OF MICHAEL B. NIFONG

This supplemental memorandum is submitted on behalf of the defendant Michael B. Nifong. On November 4, 2009 the Supreme Court heard oral

argument in Pottawattomie County, Iowa v.McGhee, No. 08-1065. Certiorari had been granted on this issue: Whether a prosecutor is subject to personal liability under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for a wrongful conviction and incarceration where the prosecutor allegedly procured false testimony during the criminal investigation and then introduced that same testimony against the criminal defendant at trial to obtain a conviction.

A number of amicus briefs were filed in support of the Iowa prosecutors, the petitioners, including those by the United States, the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys, and the National District Attorneys Association. Attached and incorporated herein is a copy of the amicus brief filed July 20, 2009 by Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina, and the chief law enforcement officers of 26 other states and the District of Columbia,

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in support of the Iowa prosecutors/petitioners, i.e. in support of a position of absolute immunity for them. We suggest that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Iowa prosecutors/petitioners on the immunity case, such a ruling would likely apply to the defendant Michael B. Nifong in this case. Respectfully submitted, /s/ James B. Craven III James B. Craven III Attorney for Michael B. Nifong NCSB 997 [phone] P.O. Box 1366 Durham, NC 27702

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 18, 2009 I electronically filed this memorandum with the Clerk, through the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Charles Davant IV, Esquire Brenden V. Sullivan, Jr., Esquire Robert M. Clay, Esquire Christopher M. Manning, Esquire Williams & Connolly 725 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 David S. Rudolf, Esquire RUDOLF, WIDENHOUSE & FIALKO 213 West Franklin Street Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr., Esquire FAISON & GILLESPIE 5518-Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 2000 P.O. Box 51729 Durham, NC 27717-1729 Edwin M. Speas, Esquire POYNER & SPRUILL 3600 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, NC 27612 James B. Maxwell, Esquire MAXWELL, FREEMAN & BOWMAN P.O. Box 52396 Durham, NC 27717-2396 Patricia P. Kerner, Esquire TROUTMAN SANDERS 434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, NC 27601

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Robert A. Star, Esquire Nicholas J. Sanservino Jr., Esquire OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART 2301 Sugar Bush Road, Suite 600 Raleigh, NC 27612 Joel M. Craig, Esquire KENNON, CRAVER, BELO, CRAIG & McKEE 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 P.O. Box 51579 Durham, NC 27707-1579 I further certify that I mailed copies as well to the following: Barry C. Scheck, Esquire 100 Fifth Avenue New York, NC 10011 Richard D. Emery, Esquire EMERY, CELLI, BRINCKERHOFF & ABADY 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor New York, NY 10019 Paul R. Dickinson, Jr., Esquire LEWIS & ROBERTS 5960 Fairview Road, Ste. 102 Charlotte, NC 28210-3103 James A. Roberts III, Esquire Lewis & Roberts, PLLC 3700 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 410 Raleigh, NC 27612-5540 Linwood Wilson 6910 Innesbrook Way Bahama, NC 27503-9700 Roger E. Warin, Esquire STEPTOE & JOHNSON 1330 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 /s/ James B. Craven III James B. Craven III
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