Federal judges clear way for DEA agent to claim immunity

Cyclist Marganne Allen was traveling south down this stretch of Southeast High Street when a pickup truck driver pulled into her path from Leslie Street on March 28, 2023. Video shows the driver didn't heed the stop sign on Leslie. Allen died of her injuries. (RACHEL ALEXANDER/Salem Reporter)

A DEA agent who ran a stop sign and killed a Salem cyclist last year will be prosecuted for criminally negligent homicide in federal court, where he can seek immunity because of his work for the U.S. government and possibly get the charge dismissed.

Three judges in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected state attorneys’ effort to send the case back to Marion County Circuit Court, where Samuel T. Landis was…

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