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City of Chicago Denied Bifurcation in Excessive Force/Failure to Train Case by On July 24, 2008, an Illinois Federal District Judge denied Chicago's motion for bifurcation in a complaint filed by Lynette Wilson on March 27, 2007 against the City and three Chicago police officers. Wilson filed the complaint after …
“Cumulative Failure” Lets Mentally Ill Teen Leap to Death by A “cumulative failure” contributed to the death of an Oregon teenage mental patient, state investigators determined. Eighteen-year-old Heather Williams was a patient at the Blue Mountain Recovery Center, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. While being transported on December …
$3.1 Million Awarded to FBI Informant's Family by On October 16, 2008, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the September 2006 findings of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in awarding approximately $3.1 million to the estate of an FBI informant, John McEntyre, who was murdered after the …
$750,000 Settlement for Colorado DOC Guard Death At Hands Of BOP Training Instructors by Colorado state resident Pamela Perse brought a federal tort action against the United States in 1995 after Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) personnel's negligence resulted in the death of her husband. The suit settled for $750,000 …
$185,000 Settlement For Man Needlessly Beaten By Seattle Police by Seattle resident Maikoiyo Alley Barnes (plaintiff) brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Seattle police after being beaten in 2005 for questioning a sergeant's motives to ticket his friend for littering. The suit settled for $185,000. The plaintiff questioned …
Brief • January 20, 2009
Cameron v. City of New York, NY, Pltf Brief MLS, police misconduct training, 2009 JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT 1. Jurisdiction existed in the District Court (Crotty, J.), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343, because the action involved claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 2. This Court has jurisdiction, …
$12,000,000 Awarded To family of Victim Allegedly Murdered by Convicted Felon by A California jury has awarded $12,000,000 to the family of a woman allegedly murdered by an apartment complex maintenance man who was a convicted felon. The plaintiff’s 30-year-old daughter was reported missing on August 17, 2004. Several weeks …
New Jersey Police's Negligent Duty Performance Induces City Liability by New Jersey resident Shana Massachi, estate administratrix for Sohayla Massachi, appealed her state tort suit dismissal after inadequate police procedures allegedly resulted in Sohayla's death. The dismissal was reversed because statutory immunity does not apply to negligently preformed ministerial duties …
Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Gardner, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence, 2008 BRASWELL.HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF BRIAN GARDNER SHEET 1 1 PAGE 3 PAGE 1 IN FOR THE THE DISTRICT COI]RT STATES DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDDLE 2 1 A 2 For 3 4 MAP / BRASWE-L, as conservd-or …
Horton v. CCA, TN, Deposition - Perry, whistleblower mentally ill segregation negligence,2008 BRASWELL,HORTONV. CCA / DEPOOF PATRICKPERRY IN FOR - .-. I U PAGE 3 PAGE 1 SHEET 1 J IVHKI a of FRANK D. indiwidually, THE THE COURT DISTRTCT STATES DlSTRICT OF TENNESSEE UNITED MIDD]-E APPEARANCE 2 For the …
Brief • September 15, 2008
Cameron v. City of New York, NY, Pltf Memorandum Motion in Limine, police misconduct training, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------X KAREN CAMERON and SYLVIA ) HIGGENBOTTOM, ) Plaintiffs, ) ) - against ) ) THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., ) ) Defendants. …
Brief • September 5, 2008
Cameron v. City of New York, NY, Motion in Limine, police misconduct training, 2008 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiffs Karen Cameron and Sylvia Higgenbottom submit this memorandum of law in support of their pre-trial motions. In their motions, plaintiffs seek an Order, pursuant to Rules 104 and 401-403 of the Federal Rules …
Adams v. CCA, CO, Plf App Reply Brief, prison riot, 2007 Certific:ltion of Word Count: 5,690 , i COURT OF APPEALS, STATE OF COLORADO 2 East 14'h Avenue, 3'd Floor I Denver, CO 80203 1 ! I i, Appeal from order entered by Judge Michael Schi ferl, i Crowley County …
Sanabria v. Hillsborough County, NH, Complaint, employee sex bias jail prisoner abuse, 2007 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ************************** * * Plaintiff * * v. * * Hillsborough County Department * of Corrections * * Defendants * ************************** Doris Sanabria Civil Action: 1:07-cv-284-JM COMPLAINT PARTIES …
Brooks et al v. Napoli et al, NY, Complaint, 2007 Case 1:07-cv-00497-JTC Document 1 Filed 07/30/07 Page 1 of 26 Case 1:07-cv-00497-JTC Document 1 Filed 07/30/07 Page 2 of 26 Case 1:07-cv-00497-JTC Document 1 Filed 07/30/07 Page 3 of 26 Case 1:07-cv-00497-JTC Document 1 Filed 07/30/07 Page 4 of 26 …
A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE by A RE-BIRTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION: USING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO OVERCOME SECTION 1983 HURDLES AND HOLD GOVERNMENT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABLE A Review of …
Prisoner May Assert Contract Beneficiary Claim When Attacked by Guards by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a federal prisoner may have a valid claim as a beneficiary of a contract between the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and New York's Nassau County to house federal prisoners in …
No Heightened Pleading Standard in Municipal Liability Cases by The U.S. Supreme Court held that there is no heightened pleading standard" in §1983 actions alleging municipal liability. Petitioners, Texas homeowners, brought a §1983 action against a County, two municipal corporations and local officials acting in their official capacity alleging Fourth …
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