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Article • August 15, 2008
$1 Million Settlement After Florida Teen's Shooting Death by Police by Delray Beach, Florida residents Kenneth Miller and Terry Glover brought a § 1983 action against the city and rookie policeman Barren Cogoni for negligence and excessive force after Cogoni shot and killed Jerrod Miller in 2005. The suit settled …
Article • August 15, 2008
Minnesota Police Brutality Suit Settles for $110,000 by Hennepin County (Minnesota) jail detainee Philander Jenkins, accused of two murders, filed a civil rights action in 2005 alleging that Minneapolis policeman Jeff Jindra had assaulted him while handcuffed. The City Council reluctantly settled for $110,000. During a 2003 home search, Jenkins …
Article • August 15, 2008
CHP's Liability for Excessive Force May Depend on Plaintiff's Immigration Status by 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 …
Article • July 15, 2008
Excessive Force, Broken Arm by West Virginia Police Nets Mentally Ill Woman $7,410 by A 71-year-old mentally ill West Virginia Woman was awarded $7,410 for excessive force, resulting in a fractured humerus. Mrs. Willis, a 71-year-old mentally ill woman, was detained at the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Guards attempted to …
Article • June 15, 2008
Florida Citizen Awarded $10,000 in Police Brutality Suit by A Florida woman identified only as Rowland was stopped in a motel parking lot by police in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. As she was answering one cop's questions, another one sneaked up behind her and kicked her feet from under her, …
Article • June 15, 2008
Maryland Prisoner Wins $230,144 in Police Brutality Suit by Charles Totten, a Maryland state prisoner, tried to escape Baltimore cops John Burns and Stephen Kolackovsky on foot. When they caught him, they cuffed him, slammed his head into the street in a "pile driven" fashion and threw him in the …
Pochoda v. Arpaio, AZ, Complaint, Unlawful Arrest, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 Joel B. Robbins, Esq. (011065) Anne E. Findling, Esq. (010871) ROBBINS & CURTIN, p.l.l.c. 301 East Bethany Home Road, Suite B-100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Tel: 602/285-0100 Fax: 602/265-0267 joel@robbinsandcurtin.com 6 7 8 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF …
Court Decides Against Defendant's Discovery Abuses in Texas Police Shooting Case by The decedent was discovered naked in an automobile masturbating, and he refused to come out, so of course the police killed him. At 207: "This case is a prime example of a troubling trend in civil rights cases. …
Heston v. City of Salinas, CA, Plaintiff's Motion in Limine, Excessive Force by Police with Taser, 2008 1 JOHN BURTON, State Bar No. 86029 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN BURTON 2 414 South Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 3 Telephone: (626) 449-8300 4 Facsimile: (626) 449-4417 E-Mail: jb@johnburtonlaw.com 5 PETER …
City Of San Leandro, California Pays $395,000 To Family Of Detainee Who Died After 21 Taser Shocks by The two minor children of Jose Perez settled his wrongful death action with the City of San Leandro, California in May 2007 for $395,000. While the children?s mother was also included in …
Brief • February 19, 2008
Miami v. Rauen et al, FL,l Apellees' Answer Brief, Police Negligence and Battery, 2008 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Case No.: 07-14530-GG Lower Court No.: 06-21182 CV-CMA CITY OF MIAMI, et al., Defendants-Appellants. vs. HOLLEY RAUEN and NIKKI HARTMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, APPELLEES’ ANSWER BRIEF Mara Shlackman Florida Bar No. …
Brief • February 1, 2008
USA v. Burge, IL, Indictment, Police Torture, 2008 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ) ) ) ) v. JON BURGE Violations: Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(c)(2) and 1621(1) COUNT ONE The SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2008-2 GRAND JURY charges: 1. …
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., …
Records Unsealed, Doors Re-opened to Proceedings in Maryland Police Shooting Settlement by Maryland newspaper The Baltimore Sun (Sun) sought reversal of a 1999 court order closing courtroom doors and sealing records in a civil settlement for wrongful death following a shooting by police. On a writ of certiorari, the appellate …
Article • December 15, 2007
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland agreed to pay $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland, Oregon. As a Republican fundraiser was …
Article • December 15, 2007
$250,000 Settlement Received in Massachusetts Police Beating by After mediation with a federal magistrate, a Boston man agreed to drop his excessive force suit against Worcester City, Massachusetts in exchange for $250,000 in 2006. Charles Evangelista sued the city and six police officers after suffering a ruptured bladder while being …
Article • December 15, 2007
$750,000 Settlement Reached In Virginia Police Abuse Case by A Virginia Commonwealth resident (Walker) was seriously injured by police during the use of excessive force. Police thought he was a rape suspect and shot him and then beat him with a nightstick. Walker brought suit which was settled prior to …
IL Prisoner Beaten by Cops and Not Provided Medical Attention States 1983 and Negligence Claims by Faried El-Uri, a prisoner of the city of Chicago, Illinois was knocked down and kicked in the stomach by a detective during questioning so hard that his spleen was ruptured. He moved slowly and …
Juvenile Adjudication May Not Preclude Force Claim in Police Shooting by The plaintiff was convicted of reckless endangerment for an incident in which he was accused of driving a vehicle at a police officer, who shot him. He conceded that that determination would ordinarily preclude a finding of excessive force …
Article • December 15, 2007
ADA Doesn’t Apply to Police Shooting Mentally Ill by ADA Doesn't Apply to Police Shooting Mentally Ill Claims of excessive force and of assault and battery by the police were precluded by the plaintiff's conviction for assault with a deadly weapon arising from the same events. A police shooting and …
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