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City Liable for Retaliation Against Cop Whistleblower and Code of Silence by The plaintiff police officer reported misconduct by other officers that resulted in their suspension. At 943: "Blair had the right under the First Amendment to inform his superiors of misconduct in the police department." He was then subjected …
Article • May 15, 2007
Police Officer May Be Liable for Failing to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence to Prosecutor by Police Officer May Be Liable For Failing to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence to Prosecutor The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held a police officer can be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims of false detention and …
Georgia Sheriff Sues Over Using Prisoner Labor by A Georgia federal district court has found that the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging claims of (1) bad faith prosecution; (2) arrest without probable cause; (3) deprivation of liberty without due process; (4) unlawful search and seizure of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Dirty Cop's Racketeering Sentence Upheld by The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sentence imposed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on a police officer convicted of racketeering. The police officer had challenged the factual findings by the court to impose the sentence. …
Article • May 15, 2007
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Bivens Action Against Federal Agents by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Tennessee federal district court's dismissal of a Bivens claim against federal agents who allegedly destroyed a federal prisoner's property and denied him medical care. Thomas Harold Stiger, a federal prisoner, …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner's Records Request Tolls Statue of Limitations by The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held a statue of limitations is tolled between the period a prisoner requests records and the time he receives them. This 42 U.S.C. §1983 action was dismissed by a Connecticut Federal District Court on statue of …
Article • May 15, 2007
Perp Walk Suit States Claim by The plaintiff alleged that he was subjected to a "perp walk" in that he was instructed to stand on the steps of the police station and pull a jacket over his head for the benefit of Fox News. The Fourth Amendment's protection "does not …
Police Chief Approval of Report Exonerating Brutal Cops is Municipal Policy by Police Chief Approval of Report Exonerating Brutal Cops is Municipal Policy The plaintiff arrestee suffered massive injuries in police custody. The police said he fell down, though the details of their claim changed as the extent of injury …
Threats for Filing Suit Actionable by The plaintiff alleged that an officer repeatedly threatened him because he had brought a lawsuit against the officer's brother. A claim for retaliation for a lawsuit need not meet the requirements for an access to courts claim.The alleged death threats are "malicious and sadistic" …
Retaliation by NY Jail Guards Not Barred by PLRA by The plaintiff complained that the defendants retaliated against him for public criticism of police misconduct. He was arrested on seemingly trumped-up charges, transferred from Orange County to Rikers Island with false information that his claim to have been a police …
Police Retaliation Against Expert Witness States Claim by Intimidating expert witnesses is within the scope of the civil rights conspiracy statute. Expert testimony (in this case, testimony for plaintiff in an excessive force case by instructors at a police academy) is protected speech. Actions by police chiefs and sheriffs to …
Article • May 15, 2007
Obstructing Murder Investigation May Implicate Court Access by Adult children of an African-American woman who was murdered by whites in 1964 during a period of racial unrest sued the Sheriff on the ground that he had denied them access to courts by obstructing the investigation into the murder. At 1282: …
Maryland Man Awarded $6.4 Million For False Imprisonment, Police Misconduct by Michael Rigby On August 30, 2006, a jury in Prince George?s County, Maryland, awarded $6.4 million to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for the brutal rape and murder of his wife. During trial the jury heard compelling evidence …
Raven v. City of Miami, FL, Motion, Seizure by Physical Force Projectiles Organized Event, 2007 Case 1:06-cv-21182-CMA Document 96 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/16/2007 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO: 06 - 21182 - CIV - JORDAN HOLLEY …
Brief • December 8, 2006
Alley-Barnes v. Sackman et al, WA, Plf Brief in Support Mot to Compel Discovery, police false arrest beating, 2006 1 Hon. Thomas S. Zilly 2 Noted for Friday December 8, 2006 (Without Argument) 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 …
Brief • December 7, 2006
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Gyasiv v. City of New York, NY, Defendant's Response to Interrogatories, Police Conduct, 2006 HP LASERJET 3330 D c o 07 2086 2:4BPPl UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DlSTRJCT OF NT3W YOlZK . . - - It " . I . . . . - DBmtMDArn' SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO Pliriatifll; …
Brief • December 7, 2006
Gyasi v. City of New York, NY, Exhibits, Police Brutality, 2006 HP LASERJET 3330 D c o 07 2086 2:4BPPl UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DlSTRJCT OF NT3W YOlZK . . - - It " . I . . . . - DBmtMDArn' SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSES TO Pliriatifll; -again* FLAlNTWFS SECONb …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Record $3.2 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned Massachusetts Man by Michael Rigby The City of Boston, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $3.2 million to a man who spent 10 ½ years in prison for a rape he did not commit. The March 2006 settlement is believed to be the largest …
Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006
Wrongly Imprisoned Massachusetts Man Settles Suit Against City For $2,450,000 by On October 14, 2005, the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts, paid $2,450,000 to settle with a man who was falsely convicted of rape and imprisoned for 14 years before DNA evidence exonerated him. Eduardo Velazquez was convicted in 1987 of …
Brief • September 16, 2006
Smith v. Jones, IN, Plaintiff's Combined Response in Opposition to Defendant's MSJ, No Knock Search, 2006 Case 1:04-cv-01423-LJM-VSS Document 113-2 Filed 09/16/2006 Page 1 of 87 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION RICHARD SMITH, Plaintiff, v. DETECTIVE LARRY JONES, individually, DETECTIVE TRAVIS CLINE, individually; and THE …
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