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Is Nifong Paying by the Line?

By K.C. Johnson

In one of the stranger filings of the civil suit, Nifong attorney James Craven demands that the suit against his client be dismissed--in an 11-line brief.Under the law, the disgraced ex-attorney had absolute immunity for all actions taken as DA. But how does Craven address in these eleven lines the police notes and actions showing how Nifong also acted in a police supervisory role--for which he doesn't have absolute immunity?Craven simply ignores the material--and then, incredibly, urges the judge to incorporate into his brief the arguments of . . . Linwood Wilson, who is acting as his own attorney.So, Nifong has a lawyer who has chosen to rely on the legal musings of a fired DA investigator who isn't even an attorney. Quite remarkable.

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).