For the first time in Connecticut, a federal judge has ruled that attorneys with the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Council should be granted the same immunity from lawsuits as judges and state prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in New Haven opined that a suspended New Britain lawyer, Jacek Smigelski, cannot pursue his claims of constitutional violations against judges and the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Council. Smigelski’s lawsuit claimed the judges and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Suzanne Sutton fabricated evidence against him when he was accused of wrongdoing for paying himself $66,838 from a client’s trust account.
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