Andre L. Echols, Jr. v. Tom Hansel, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, Illinois

Whether this Court should reconsider and overrule, or substantially limit, Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (1976), which holds that prosecutors are absolutely immune from damages liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for acts taken in initiating and presenting prosecutions, even when a plaintiff alleges malicious prosecution, knowing use or solicitation of false testimony, lack of probable cause, or bad faith.

Whether absolute prosecutorial immunity under § 1983 should extend to a municipal attorney prosecuting a civil vehicle-impoundment enforcement proceeding where the plaintiff alleges that the attorney pursued the proceeding despite false testimony and an unlawful impoundment.