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CHP's Liability for Excessive Force May Depend on Plaintiff's Immigration Status

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008

Filed under: Discovery, Immigration, Police, Excessive Force (Police). Location: California.

Pretrial motions in a California U.S. District Court were determined in 2006 concerning Jose Angel Martinez Romero's immigration status as it pertained to his § 1983 excessive force action against the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The CHP's motion to compel his status was denied, and a protective order precluding such ...

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