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Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending by Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending The City of Miami has agreed to pay $2.2 million to a mentally ill man who served 22 years in prison for a rape and multiple murders he did …
Illinois Federal Jury Awards Record $15.5 Million in False Arrest Case by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 20, 2007, an Illinois federal jury awarded a record amount in a civil rights case for false arrest – $15.5 million. The damage award was against the sheriff of Will County, …
Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release by Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release On May 18, 2007, a Florida jury found the Hendry County Sheriff is liable for injuries caused by a prisoner it …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
Washington State Crime Lab Chief Resigns by Gary Hunter Washington crime lab chief Barry Logan resigned effective March 14, 2008, after judges in three counties roundly criticized the work performed in state laboratories under his supervision. The fallout mainly stemmed from hundreds of DUI cases that were improperly handled by …
Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Houston District Attorney Caught in E-mail Scandal, Resigns, Held in Contempt by Gary Hunter Racist jokes, sexually explicit photos, love notes to his mistress and evidence of improper political campaigning were found in the e-mail account …
$1.95 Million for 18 Years Wrongful Imprisonment in North Carolina by On February 16, 2007, a North Carolina man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit settled with the State and the City of Winston-Salem for $1,958,454. Darryl Hunt, a black man, was imprisoned in …
Beecham v. City of West Sacramento, CA, Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Police Excessive Force, 2008 4 MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) HADDAD & SHERWIN 505 Seventeenth Street Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (510) 452-5500 Fax: (510) 452-5510 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 1 …
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 …
Brief • August 20, 2008
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Coggins v. Nassau County, NY, Indemnification Agreement, police civil rights violation, 2008 Case 2:07-cv-03624-JFB-AKT Document 41 Filed 08/20/08 Page 41 of 45 PageID #: 488 EXHIBIT (CO)) Case 2:07-cv-03624-JFB-AKT Document 41 Filed 08/20/08 Page 42 of 45 PageID #: 489 THOMAS R. SUOZZI CountyExecutive LORNA B. GOODMAN CountyAttorney COUNTY OF …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Informant/Hit Man In 20 Murders Released After 12 Years; Paid $20,000 by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A hit man with 20 cold-blooded murders under his belt, but who turned government informant to expose a dirty FBI agent, was released from a Massachusetts state prison in 2007 after serving …
Washington DOC Settles Failure to Supervise Parolee Suit for $975,000 by Nathan Hipsher, a Washington state parolee, was using drugs, failing to participate in drug treatment and not reporting to his parole officer, who didn't have him arrested. He was living with Amber Bulus-Steed at the time, who he eventually …
Article • August 15, 2008
$271,000 in Awards Stemming From FBI Harassment Arrest by Former U.S. Marine Julian C. Lee, 30, was pulled over by San Diego Sheriff Deputies on his way to the supermarket, and he was ordered out of the car at gunpoint and arrested. He was arrested on an outstanding criminal warrant …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Cops' Internal Affairs Investigation Records Exempt from Disclosure under State PRA by The Press-Enterprise (newspaper) sued the city of Hemet, California in state court under the state Public Records Act (PRA), Cal. Gov't Code § 6250 et seq to compel disclosure of records pertaining to a police internal affairs …
Article • August 15, 2008
California Requires Disclosure of Transcript of Cop's Disciplinary Hearing by Patrick Bradshaw, a Los Angeles, (LA) California cop, sued LA in state court for violating his privacy rights when his supervisors released a copy of his disciplinary hearing transcript to the media. The trial court dismissed, finding that no statutory …
Psychiatrists Who Okay Homicidal Cops Return to Duty Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity by A police officer abused the plaintiff. At the time, he had a remarkable record of bizarre and violent misconduct, including holding several police officers hostage with a shotgun after assaulting his wife (after which he was …
City Liable for Police Beating; Prior Settlements Admissible to Prove Policy by The 17-year-old plaintiff was forcibly arrested and thrown against a van, causing bruises to chest and head, was kneed in the back, and was bruised by excessively tight handcuffs, after engaging in a mock fight witnessed by a …
Article • August 15, 2008
Failure to Investigate Police Misconduct Establishes Municipal Liability by At 1205: This Court has held municipalities liable under Monell when the plaintiffs have produced evidence of prior complaints sufficient to demonstrate that the municipalities and their officials ignored police misconduct.... ... Evidence that a police department has failed to investigate …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Convictions of Three INS Officers by The Fifth Circuit has upheld the convictions and sentences of three Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation officers for excessive use of force and deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of a prisoner. Richard Gonzales, Louis Gomez and Carlos Reyna …
Peruvian National’s Extradition Ordered for Killing Innocent Children, Civilians by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed a 2005 U.S. District Court ruling that prevented the extradition of Peruvian national Wilmer Ordinola. The DOJ argued that his heinous crimes against innocent children and civilians did not fall under the political …
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