The DeKalb County school district wants a judge to stop District Attorney Robert James from giving certain documents from his criminal corruption case against former superintendent Crawford Lewis and  former chief operating officer Patricia Reid to lawyers suing the district on a related matter.

The district's lawyer W. Ray Persons said the documents have protected attorney-client information and contends the DA wants to "backdoor" it into the criminal trial. He also said in court filings the DA office has a "bias" for civil litigant, Heery International.