Habba was not serving in a prosecutorial function when she acted with DHS agents in the scheme to arrest Mayor Baraka,” his suit says.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued Alina Habba over his arrest outside a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney pursued the case out of political spite.

Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba and a Department of Homeland Security agent over his arrest and dropped charges, after Baraka and other lawmakers were accused of storming a New Jersey DHS facility last month.