The attorney representing Clendennen, one of the Twin Peaks defendants charged with engaging in organized criminal activity during a shootout between police, and members of the Cossacks and Bandidos Motorcycle Clubs, wrote to the U.S. Attorney and the Department of Justice saying that the allegations in the affidavit of warrantless arrest are defective because they specify no individual probable cause that he committed the offense. ..."I have also been provided credible information that Reyna and members of his staff were told by Waco Police Sgt. J.R. Price that the criminal complaints did not support most of the arrests and that other police officers refused to sign the complaints."
Found while searching for the reply brief filed by Reyna, in the gag order case, and Broden's response to the State's reply.
This is the first I've seen that some of the Waco police are alleged to have recognized the cookie-cutter affidavit as deficient. Looking forward to seeing the the Examining Trial judge follows my speculation, doubling down and finding probable cause where none exists.
If you feel like doing some "legal reading," Suits Against Public Officials in Their Individual Capacity | Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys gives the broad outlines with case citations for immunity to the judges and prosecutor involved in depriving a person of civil rights. The general rule is "absolute immunity for judicial/prosecutorial acts."
Previously posted this thread. Took eight years to get the probable cause ruling in a mass arrest.