WASHPO: City seeks to dismiss suit against official
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The D.C. attorney general's office has asked a judge to dismiss a libel lawsuit by Peaceoholics against Sandra Seegars, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Ward 8.
The attorney general's office argued in court papers that Seegars is protected by absolute immunity, which shields government officials who are doing their jobs from such claims. "Even if this suit were not barred by immunity, the statements . . . do not qualify as defamatory," according to the documents.
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