Tommy Hall, Appellant v. Carlton Jones, Miller County Prosecuting Attorney; Kirk Johnson, Miller County Circuit…

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal with prejudice of the inmate’s civil complaint against a circuit judge, prosecuting attorney, and circuit clerk. It held that the judge was absolutely immune for judicial acts within jurisdiction and that the prosecutor was absolutely immune for advocacy undertaken in initiating the forfeiture proceeding. The court also concluded that challenges to the prior default judgment should have been pursued by appeal rather than through a collateral civil action.