Mealey's (August 9, 2018, 10:29 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 13 upheld a trial court’s decision that a Maryland state attorney is protected by absolute immunity from a police officer’s racial discrimination and retaliation claims and reversed the trial court’s decision that the officer could proceed with a retaliation claim against Maryland for failure to state a claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Franklin Savage, et al. v. Maryland, et al., No. 17-1636, 4th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 19219)....