Supreme Court holds private attorney is entitled to immunity when hired by government

Last week, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Filarsky v. Delia holding that a private attorney, retained by a city to assist in an administrative investigation, is entitled to assert qualified immunity from a suit brought by the person who was under investigation.  For my previous coverage of the case go here, here, here and here.  You can read the Court's opinion here. For some commentary on the case you can go to SCotUS blog,