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1392 REVIEW GRANTED Absolute immunity protects prosecutors from liability under the federal Civil Rights Act for acts performed in connection with the preparation of a case; government agencies have no immunity from liability under the Civil Rights Act; under the Civil Rights Act, a government agency may be directly liable for acts its employees performed in execution of the agency's policy or custom and for acts performed by policy-making officials, even if the officials themselves are immune from liability.CitationPITTS v COUNTY OF KERN (Prosecutorial Misconduct) 49 CA4 1430 [See: 42 USC 1983; Tenney v Brandhove 341 US 367; Imbler v Pachtman 424 US 409; Freeman v Hittle 708 F2 442; Ybarra v Reno 723 F2 675; Leatherman v Tarrant 507 US 163]
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