Prosecutors and the sheriff of Rutherford County, Tenn., will face claims that they wrongly raided stores selling legal cannabidiol products after the Sixth Circuit denied the majority of their immunity arguments.
The raid, dubbed “Operation Candy Crush,” occurred on Feb. 12, 2018, and the store owners were arrested and charged with violating the state drug control act. All charges against the store owners were eventually dismissed.
The prosecutors aren’t immune because their alleged conduct —directing the sheriff’s office investigation, advising on the legality of the CBD products, and “propelling the officers to execute” the raid—occurred before the judicial phase and ...
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