Skip navigation

Search

1869 results
Page 77 of 94. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 ... 90 91 92 93 94 | Next »

Article • August 15, 2008
Federal Prisoner's Bivens Action Claiming Civil Rights Violations During Arrest and Prosecution Reinstated by Donald Jackman, a federal prisoner, sued fifty-one defendants in federal district court under Bivens and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming they had violated his civil rights in various ways during his arrest and criminal prosecution. The …
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 …
Article • August 15, 2008
$390,000 Settlement in Unlawful Arrest Warrant by New Jersey’s Essex County settled a claim against it that alleged a prosecutor was “plainly incompetent” for procuring and executing an arrest warrant. The case settled for $390,000 prior to a damages trial. The plaintiff’s false arrest claim came after the Essex county …
$1 Million Awarded to Innocent Victim of Police Dog Attack by Washington state resident Ken Rogers was awarded $1.05 million by a federal jury after a police dog attacked him while sleeping on July 13, 2003. Kennewick city police were chasing a suspect utilizing a K 9 police dog. The …
Arkansas Trooper Mistakes Mentally Disabled Man for Fugitive and Kills Him; Deceased's Family Paid $1 Million by Former Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman pled guilty to a charge of misdemeanor negligent homicide after killing mentally disabled Joseph Erin Hamley. Norman had mistaken Hamley, 21, for an escaped fugitive, and shot …
Article • August 15, 2008
Illinois Police Brutality Suit Settles for $180,000 by The City of Waukegan (Illinois) settled a civil rights action against police for $180,000 after the 2005 macing and beating of concerned citizen Rogelio Rios Castillo. Castillo verbally tried to prevent police from excessively beating an arrestee in front of his home. …
Phoenix New Times Executives Arrested for Reporting About Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matthew T. Clarke by Matt Clarke On the night of October 18, 2007, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, founders and owners of the Phoenix New Times, an independent weekly publication in Phoenix, Arizona, were arrested and charged with …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Over $6 Million Awarded in Oakland, California Parolee’s False Arrest Suit by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A federal jury awarded $6,058,000 in damages to a parolee and his girlfriend for outrageous conduct by Oakland, California city police (OPD) when they broke into his residence, told him they had …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Illinois Man Falsely Arrested in Attempted Child Abduction Awarded $2 Million by A federal jury has awarded over $2 million to a man who was acquitted of attempting to abduct two young girls. In March 2001, a man approached an eight-year-old girl on the front porch of her home in …
Article • August 15, 2008
Florida Judge Removed from Bench by On December 7, 2006, the Florida Supreme Court removed Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop from the bench for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. This was the third time that Judge Sloop had come to the attention of the Judicial Qualifications Committee …
Article • August 15, 2008
Florida Judge Removed from Bench by On December 7, 2006, the Florida Supreme Court removed Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop from the bench for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. This was the third time that Judge Sloop had come to the attention of the Judicial Qualifications Committee …
Article • August 15, 2008
Connecticut Police Brutality Suit Settles For $44,000 by Connecticut resident Jacob Dagley brought action against the City of Norwalk (City) and it's police after suffering numerous injuries in 2003. Several policemen beat and kicked Dagley after subduing him. The suit settled for $44,000. Police stopped a vehicle they thought was …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington State Patrol Exceeded Authority Impounding Vehicles For Suspended Drivers License by Washington State resident Mark Potter appealed the dismissal of his class action suit against the Washington State Patrol (WSP) for wrongfully impounding vehicles due to suspended driver’s licenses. The dismissal was reversed and remanded for further proceedings. Due …
Article • August 15, 2008
$100,000 Awarded Daughter Of Man Negligently Killed By Nashville Police by Tennessee resident Angela Rhodes, representing her daughter, Angela Denham, brought is against the Metropolitan Government of Davidson County after her father, James Denham, was accidentally shot and killed in 2005. The suit settled for a meager $100,000. James Denham …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Police, Police Chases
$1.2 Million Settlement For Childrens' Death During D.C. Police Chase by District of Columbia (D.C.) residents Towhanna Boston and Christopher Suydan, Sr., brought suit after a D.C. police pursuit caused the death of Suydan's children in 2004. The suit settled for $1.2 million. Suydan and his two children, Octavia and …
Article • August 15, 2008
San Leandro (California) Police Taser, Choke Man To Death; $395K Settlement by A San Leandro (California) family (plaintiffs) brought suit against the city and it's police after the tasing and choking of Jose Perez, Jr., in 2005 resulting in his death. The suit settled on May 24, 2007 without admission …
Article • August 15, 2008
Salinas (California) Police Harassment, False Arrest Suit Settles For $90,000 by San Mateo County (California) Superior Court staff Paralegal and youth football coach, Maurice Goodman, brought a § 1983 action for civil rights violations against the City of Salinas and police for being falsely arrested in 2005. The suit settled …
Police Chief Subject to Discovery in Killing by Cop by The court cites law acknowledging the "need for controlling the use of subpoenas against high government officials," which usually requires a showing of "compelling need and extraordinary circumstances." The court questions whether a police chief is a "high government official," …
Article • August 15, 2008
N.Y. Protest Rally Arrest Documents Ordered Disclosed Despite Protective Order by New York state resident Michael Schiller petitioned to obtain confidential documents bound by a protective order regarding numerous arrests during a 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC) protest. The New York Times (Times) filed a motion to modify the protective …
Article • August 15, 2008
$365,000 Awarded After Excessive Force by Minnesota Troopers by Sartell, Minnesota resident Richard Town brought a § 1983 action against the City of Waite Park after he was subjected to excessive force by two state troopers in 2005, resulting in a fractured rib and collapsed lung. Town was stopped for …
Page 77 of 94. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 ... 90 91 92 93 94 | Next »