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Article • December 15, 2007
$250,000 Settlement Received in 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. Charles Evangelista sued the city and six police officers after suffering a ruptured bladder while being beaten on March …
Brief • October 19, 2007
Dennison v. City of Worcester, MA, Order on Ptf's Motion to Unseal Depo, Police Excessive Force, 2007 Document 35 Filed 10/19/2007 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) RAYMOND E. DENNISON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) SERGEANT RONALD T. LAPOINTE, OFFICER JOHN …
Brief • September 28, 2007
Dennison v. City of Worcester, MA, Ptf's Motion to Unseal Police Depo, Police Excessive Force, 2007 Case 4:06-cv-40100-FDS Document 33 Filed 09/28/2007 Page 1 of 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL ACTION NO. 06-40100FDS _____________________________________ RAYMOND E. DENNISON, ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) …
Brief • September 1, 2007
Multi-ethnic Immigrant Workers Organizing Network v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Guzman Class Rep Declaration, McArthur Park Excessive Force, 2007 1 2 DECLARATION OF NOEL GUZMAN RE: CLASS REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES 3 I, Noel Guzman, declare: 4 1. 5 following facts. 6 2. I am over the age of eighteen. I …
Excessive Force And Medical Negligence Death In Youngstown, Ohio Arrest Settles For $350,000 From Police, $100,000 From PHS by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The death of a Youngstown, Ohio arrestee who was severely beaten by police and negligently treated by Prison Health Services? (PHS) contract jail medical staff …
Perry v. City of Gary, IN, Complaint, Police Brutality, 2007 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA PERCY PERRY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) v. THE CITY OF GARY, INDIANA, ) CORPORAL ANTHONY BLOOD, AND ) OFFICER IRVING GIVENS, ) ) Defendants. ) Complaint …
Negligent Public Defender Defense Against Dirty Los Angeles Cops Nets Falsely Convicted Man $6.5 Million; Court Vacates Verdict Million; Court Vacates Verdict by John Dannenberg Negligent Public Defender Defense Against Dirty Los Angeles Cops Nets Falsely Convicted Man $6.5 Million; Court Vacates Verdict by John E. Dannenberg A Los Angeles …
Article • May 15, 2007
Standard for Injunctive Relief Defined by The United States Supreme Court held that to have standing for injunctive relief a party must satisfy the threshold requirement imposed by Article III of the Federal Constitution by alleging an actual case or controversy." A plaintiff must show that he has sustained or …
No SJ for Police Who Injured State Prisoner by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that summary judgment in favor of police officers who were being sued by a state prisoner was precluded by issues of fact. Local and state police responded to a call for …
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 …
Oregon Protesters Awarded $845,000 in Excessive Force Actions by The City of Portland, Oregon has paid $300,000 in damages and $545,000 in attorney's fees to twelve protesters who brought excessive force actions against the Portland Police Bureau. On August 22, 2002, President Bush visited Portland. As a Republican fundraiser was …
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
Release-Dismissal Agreement Bars Future Suit by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Northern District of Indiana district court's order granting summary judgment, which held that a release agreement dismissing criminal charges in exchange for release from liability in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action was valid and barred …
Preliminary Injunction Carries Judicial Imprimatur for Attorney Fee Award by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a party who obtains a preliminary injunction is a "prevailing party" entitled to an award of attorney fees. This action originated as a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit claiming that officials of California's …
Attorney Fee Award Under § 1988 Not Recoverable from Nonparty by After a man became a suspect in the murder of a Kentucky state trooper, various police officials raided the man's father's house and arrested all of the occupants, which did not include the man. The occupants filed suit in …
Article • May 15, 2007
Liability for Sheriff's Hiring Decisions by The United States Supreme Court held that a county is not liable for a sheriffs decision to hire a reserve deputy without adequate screening. While driving from Texas to their home in Bryan County, Okalahoma, Jill Brown (respondent) and her husband approached a police …
TN Newspaper Entitled to Full Attorney Fees in Actions to Compel Disclosure of Public Records by TN Newspaper Entitled to Full Attorney Fees in Actions to Compel Disclosure of Public Records Police in Lebanon, Tennessee conducted a drug raid at the wrong house and fatally shot the man who lived …
Police Misconduct Reports Must be Disclosed in Discovery by The plaintiff complained of excessive force by the police and sought information about internal investigations. State law exempting internal investigative and other files from disclosure does not govern privilege issues in federal claim cases. The court directs production of the date …
Sheriff Not Liable for Deputy Abusing Arrestee by The plaintiff was in an accident and was arrested for DWI. She alleged that she was verbally threatened and recklessly shoved into a police car, injuring her, and that the deputy intentionally drove in such a way as to cause her more …
Article • May 15, 2007
Forcible Police Detention States Claim by The plaintiff's allegation that a police officer grabbed him from behind, slung him to the ground, rolled him over and then handcuffed him, and then dragged him to the police car when he wouldn't walk, all because he wouldn't pay a debt claimed by …
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