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Brief • March 17, 2008
Reid-Thomas v. City of New York, et. al., Plf Ltr to Judge, False Arrest, 2008 Law Office of David A. Zelman, Esq. 612 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11225 (718) 604-3072 Via Fax: 212 805-7948 Hon. Richard J. Holwell United States District Court Southern District of New York500 Pearl St., Room …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations by On March 26, 2007, an Arizona jury awarded $750,000 to an Arizona prison guard who claimed a state investigator knowingly withheld evidence exonerating him of alleged malfeasance and sexual misconduct. A female state prisoner accused the plaintiff, a 31-year-old …
Brief • January 31, 2008
Killmon v. City of Miami, FL, Mot for Final Part SJ, FTAA Protests 2008 Case 1:04-cv-20707-CMA Document 532 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/31/2008 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 04-CV-20707 - ALTONAGA/Turnoff KILLMON, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. CITY OF MIAMI, et al., …
Article • January 15, 2008
Once Court Orders Arrestee Held, Police Have No Duty to Investigate Mistaken Identity by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that once an arrested person has been brought before a court and ordered held, law enforcement has no duty to verify claims of mistaken identity. Chicago police stopped …
Article • January 15, 2008 • from PLN January, 2008
$25,000 Settlement in Miami False Arrest, Strip Search Suit by While driving in Florida?s Miami-Dade County, a 32-year-old female was pulled over for allegedly following another car too closely. The Miami-Dade County police officer arrested her for an outstanding warrant for driving with an invalid driver?s license. She was arrested …
Warrantless Arrest Warrants Prompt Probable Cause Hearing, Abused Innocent Detainee Prevails by Mistakenly accused Chicago resident Joseph Lopez was arrested with probable cause after a witness identified him in a shooting that killed a 12 year old boy. After the actual murderer confessed, Lopez filed suit for constitutional violations. The …
Article • December 15, 2007
Arresting Protestors Without Warrant Verdict Upheld by The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a jury verdict finding the class plaintiff's rights were violated when they were arrested on the U.S. Capitol steps without warrant. The class plaintiffs, who were Congressman Ronald V. Dellums, engaged in a …
Article • December 15, 2007
Filed under: Police, False Arrest
Once Court Orders Arrestee Held, Police Have No Duty to Investigate Mistaken Identity by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that once an arrested person has been brought before a court and ordered held, law enforcement has no duty to verify claims of mistaken identity. Chicago police stopped …
False Arrest Nets Guard and Wife $1.2 Million by A Florida jail guard and his wife, a jail food safety inspector, have been awarded $1,231,700 for their arrest on false charges of smuggling drugs into the jail. On September 11, 2003, Lawrence and Gayle Femminella were arrested on charges of …
Article • December 15, 2007
False Arrest and Broken Jaw Results in $300,000 Michigan Jury Verdict by A Michigan man who sustained a broken jaw and related injuries during a false arrest was awarded $300,000. Mr. Sharp was falsely arrested and detained for two weeks in a Detroit, Michigan jail. While confined and under guard …
Wrongfully Imprisoned California Man Awarded $18 Million by On February 15, 2006, a federal jury in California awarded $18 million to a man who was wrongly charged with sexual assault of a child and imprisoned for 10 months. During his false imprisonment in the Los Angeles County Jail, Ramirez, 26, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Summary Judgment on Wrongful Arrest Reversed by The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the grant of summary judgment to various state, county, and city defendants by the U.S. District Court of Maryland in a wrongful arrest case. Tray Carter was twice arrested and held in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Failure to Ascertain Arrestee's Identity Creates Liability for False Imprisonment by Failure to Ascertain Arrestee's Identity Creates Liability for False Imprisonment The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Macon County, Alabama Sheriff's deputy who failed to make an attempt to obtain information from an arrestee for purposes of …
First Circuit: Win on Plaintiff's Core Claims Merits Attorney Fees by On December 19, 2003 the U.S.. First Circuit Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff who prevailed on his core claims against a Massachusetts police officer was entitled to attorney fees. Plaintiff Phaly Poy, 24, claimed that while at …
Article • May 15, 2007
Municipal Judge Not Policy Maker in Arrestee's Toilet Denial Suit by The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a municipal judge does not act as a policy maker to impute liability against a city. The pro se plaintiff in this case filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging …
Article • May 15, 2007
Parole Hearing Does Not Estopp False Arrest Suit by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment, holding that the facts found at the plaintiff's parole hearing did not have collateral estoppel effect, and that a genuine issue of fact existed in excessive force …
Article • May 15, 2007
Supervision Not Required for Failure to Obtain Leave to Take Prisoner's Deposition by Supervision Not Required for Failure to Obtain Leave to Take Prisoner's Deposition The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the failure to request and receive court permission to take a prisoner's deposition in a civil …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Arraignment, Imprisonment For Civil Debt Raise Fact Issues by The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that issues of fact precluded summary judgment of an arrestee's civil rights action stemming from his warrantless arrest and his imprisonment for failure to pay fines and court costs, …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Due Process Violation for False Arrest on Valid Warrant by The U.S. Supreme Court held that a §1983 action in which Respondent alleged his right to due process was violated by a faulty arrest did not state a claim since the arrest was pursuant to a valid warrant. After …
Article • May 15, 2007
California Federal Court Awards Falsely Arrested/Imprisoned Man $850,000 by On December 31, 2003, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded $850,000 to a man who was falsely arrested and imprisoned for seven weeks due to misidentification by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). In 1999, the …
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