An appeals court on Wednesday dismissed part of the civil lawsuit filed by the deposed Warren County prosecutor, James L. Pfeiffer, who contends he was unlawfully forced into resigning last year by Attorney General Matthew Platkin.

Despite the setback, Pfeiffer’s lawyer, Brad M. Russo , believes his client was improperly coerced out of his position and will eventually win the case at trial.

Platkin’s office declined to comment on the decision.

Pfeiffer’s civil lawsuit, which had been legally halted during the appeal, will now resume in Superior Court of Mercer County.

Pfeiffer resigned in April 2024 the day that Platkin’s office announced it was assuming command of the Warren prosecutor’s office due to an investigation of misuse of grant funds.

In his civil suit, filed in May 2

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